Asian Queer Shorts(2009)
A sexy compilation of the best gay cinema from Asia.
Movie: Asian Queer Shorts
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The Blue Caftan(ar)
Halim has been married to Mina for a long time, with whom he runs a traditional caftan store in the medina (old town) of Salé, Morocco. The couple has always lived with Halim's secret – his homosexuality – about which he has learned to keep quiet. However, Mina's illness and the arrival of a young apprentice upsets this balance. United in their love, each will help the other face his fears.
Brett Wong's Ex-Girlfriends(en)
A revenge-driven high school senior gathers a group of four other women, including a permanently limped former athlete, to plot the murder of their mutual ex-boyfriend, Brett Wong.
The Way Things Go(en)
A lifetime of loneliness ends when Elise meets a kindred spirit, finally finding understanding and friendship in an unexpected encounter.
Some of My Best Friends Are...(en)
Regulars gather at The Blue Jay, a gay bar in Manhattan's Greenwich Village, to celebrate Christmas Eve 1971 with people they consider family.
The Dirtiest Show in Town(en)
About the members of a New York City gym obsessed about their life situations, eventually leading up to the gay and straight characters writhing together in an orgy. An updated version of the original off-Broadway play.
In The Name Of Scheherazade Or The First Beergarden In Tehran(fa)
Forget everything you think you know about storytelling! And get ready for a very surreal trip. Narges Kalhor plunges us in a funny and deconstructed joyful apocalypse of a web of stories while following four characters who moved to Germany in order to escape the dire and dangerous political situation of their countries.
The Dark Side of a Woman(en)
Once finished her studies and the stage in the U.S.A., Jane Dimao returned to her town in Asia, to start her profession as psychologist with the specialization in woman's sexual pathologies. In carrying out her activity , Jane will have the opportunity to face with different patients, anyone of them with different sexual problems. Her involvement towards her patients background and the reading of the book she wrote with her good friend and teacher Nicole Wilson, will bring her to experience the same stories being told by her patients. That's why Jane will find herself committed in different sexual situations with no limits to her transgression. This will make her aware of an unknown deep part of herself. She will be abused… she will prostitute herself in a brothel in the outskirts of her town… she will give herself to strangers in a partners swingers club... she will experience sex in all its aspects.
Wonder Boys(en)
Grady is a 50-ish English professor who hasn't had a thing published in years—not since he wrote his award winning 'Great American Novel' 7 years ago. This weekend proves even worse than he could imagine as he finds himself reeling from one misadventure to another in the company of a new wonder boy author.
heroes(en)
Displaying the faces and voices of transgender youth, the documentary short shows the authenticity of queer and trans people living in Toronto, while simultaneously discussing the struggles for self-acceptance that people who do not conform to cisgender and heteronormative ideals of gender face. Andy Nguyen, trans director and film student, captures his trans friends in their natural state on 16mm film shot on a Bolex h16 camera. Accompanied by narration written and recited by Salem Rao, this film represents that trans people exist and this is what we look like. Regardless of the obvious everyday transphobia, trans people find community and uniqueness within each other and themselves.
Cross of Iron(en)
It is 1943, and the German army—ravaged and demoralised—is hastily retreating from the Russian front. In the midst of the madness, conflict brews between the aristocratic yet ultimately pusillanimous Captain Stransky and the courageous Corporal Steiner. Stransky is the only man who believes that the Third Reich is still vastly superior to the Russian army. However, within his pompous persona lies a quivering coward who longs for the Iron Cross so that he can return to Berlin a hero. Steiner, on the other hand is cynical, defiantly non-conformist and more concerned with the safety of his own men rather than the horde of military decorations offered to him by his superiors.
Outside The Box - Short(en)
Xing, a young artist struggles to balance his passion for art with the expectations imposed on him by his single mother. Personal aspirations and family are put into question when despite her disapproval, Xing participates in an art contest in an attempt to change his mother's mind.
Malice(en)
Keo Sinn and her university friends find themselves tormented by the ancient curse of the vengeful Nu Gui. As the malevolent spirit unleashes havoc, Keo is forced to confront her haunting past and unravel a tragic connection to the malignant figure known as Malice. Secrets will be unearthed and the boundaries of reality will blur in this harrowing tale of revenge. Brace yourself for a journey into the realm of supernatural obsession.
Broken Sky(es)
Gerardo is deeply in love with longtime lover Jonas. When Jonas falls for a stranger he met at a local nightclub, heartbroken Gerardo soon seeks solace in the arms of Sergio. Despite other interests, Gerardo and Jonas can't bring themselves to end it.
Masked Fate: Beautiful Naked Angel(ja)
Kizuki takes a job teaching painting at a free school, and his target is Yoichi, a student and guard. One day, Kizuki invites Yoichi and her friend Tooru to her home and asks them to be nude models. Youichi is confused by Kizuki's desire to film her in a fundoshi and masturbation scene, but he shows Yoichi his gas mask and combat uniform and tells him about his life in which he has lived wearing a mask. Yoichi, who is not disgusted by Kizuki's blow job, begins to think that he wants to be true to his sexuality...
Yakutia — Between The Worlds(ru)
A documentary road movie. Traveling across his homeland, the filmmaker explores what Yakut cinema is, and what it means to the Sakha people and to himself.
Some Kind of Christmas!(en)
For the first time in 5 years, Gary decides to break his tradition and go home and spend Christmas with his family. After confirming his presence with his mother, Rachel who constantly presses the issue of family, Gary hints to his mother that he wont be coming home alone. After an unexpected breakup he takes the advice of a friend and creates the perfect "Ken" to take home for Christmas. With Gary's broken heart , sibling rivalry and unresolved childhood trauma it's sure to be Some Kind Of Christmas.
The Map of Sex and Love(cn)
Young Chinese-American filmmaker Wei-ming travels from New York to his childhood home on Lamma Island to make a video documentary about the imminent opening of a Disneyland theme park in Hong Kong. While doing research for the project, he meets Larry, a dancer/choreographer.
Steam: The Turkish Bath(tr)
Francesco and Marta run a husband-and-wife design company in Rome. When Francesco's aunt dies in Instanbul he travels there to sort out the hamam turkish steam bath that she left him. He finds a love and warmth in his relatives' Instanbul home that is missing from his life in Italy.
Far From Water(en)
Two friends experience a moment of intimacy that leaves them questioning the future of their relationship.