Book of Suffocations

A Sentença(pt)

Sodom(en)

20-year-old Will is on his stag-do when, handcuffed to a lamppost, he is rescued by Michael. The attraction between the two men is immediate. But back at Michael's apartment, Will is sent into a tailspin of shame and confusion.

Graduation Trip(ko)

Summer vacation of the last year of high school, Yu-na and He-yoon go to Incheon, deceiving their parents to go to a rock festival. However, the concert which they want to see is postponed until the following day. They have no choice but to book tickets for tomorrow and decide to spend one more day in Incheon. The next day, the tickets that Yu-na definitely held in her hand the previous day disappear. He-yoon contacts her cousin to borrow money…

The Ladies(en)

In the middle of two disappointing nights out, Kate and Lucy find themselves in the ladies. They begin as strangers but the mystical powers of this nightclub bathroom brings them closer together.

Neon Boys(en)

Unable to find a job after spending time in prison, Shawn takes work as an erotic dancer to support his daughter and falls in love with a man for the first time.

Frenchy(en)

Bethany and Sam are friends with a brewing romance that is long overdue. With the making of a student film together over Halloween, this romance becomes realised. However, with this new proximity to Sam, Bethany begins to peel away the layers of a potentially very troubled person.

Bye Bye Love(ja)

Two young people undertake a doomed summer road trip through Japan, which in turn reflects on the dissipating promise of 1960s counterculture and free love.

Natchathiram Nagargiradhu(ta)

Love and politics collide when modern day individuals working as theatre artists in fall in love while making a play about love. They realize that it's the social structure that determines their values and thoughts, and for their love to succeed, they have to go against it.

Matinee Baby(en)

In this raunchy and outlandish queer comedy, best friends Robby and Noah-Lee – employees at Portland's historic Clinton Street Theater – find themselves confronted by a parade of increasingly wacky, genre-tinged suitors.

Pragma(ko)

Yoo-Hee and Joo-Yeon fell in love in high school, but their school’s persecution of gays tore them apart. When meet again years later, sparks fly.

The Reader(en)

The story of Michael Berg, a German lawyer who, as a teenager in the late 1950s, had an affair with an older woman, Hanna, who then disappeared only to resurface years later as one of the defendants in a war crimes trial stemming from her actions as a concentration camp guard late in the war. He alone realizes that Hanna is illiterate and may be concealing that fact at the expense of her freedom.

Alice(en)

Alice Tate, mother of two, with a marriage of 16 years, finds herself falling for a handsome sax player, Joe. Stricken with a backache, she consults herbalist Dr. Yang, who realizes that her problems are not related to her back, but in her mind and heart. Dr. Yang's magical herbs give Alice wondrous powers, taking her out of her well-established rut.

Date Night(en)

A young couple's romantic dinner goes terribly wrong. Secrets are revealed, and violence occurs.

Aladdin(en)

In the boorish city of Agrabah, kind-hearted street urchin Aladdin and Princess Jasmine fall in love, although she can only marry a prince. He and power-hungry Grand Vizier Jafar vie for a magic lamp that can fulfill their wishes.

Brief Encounter(en)

Returning home from a shopping trip to a nearby town, bored suburban housewife Laura Jesson is thrown by happenstance into an acquaintance with virtuous doctor Alec Harvey. Their casual friendship soon develops during their weekly visits into something more emotionally fulfilling than either expected, and they must wrestle with the potential havoc their deepening relationship would have on their lives and the lives of those they love.

Birds Flying Flying Flying Birds Fly Away(en)

Two destructive transgender people meet in Liverpool, causing an apocalypse.

So the Lovers Could Come Out Again(ar)

Perched in a tower high above Beirut where they monitor the world below through their sniper lenses, two soldiers in the Lebanese civil war find love in their watchful seclusion. The film sketches a humanistic portrayal of two men in love at war and the fragile and violent circumstances that allow them to stay together.

Waterlover, Watercarrier(en)

A homosexual movie about two strangers in quarantine.

On Fire(ar)

Samar is a beautiful girl living with her sisters. When someone tried to exploit her in some illegal activities, Samar decides to volunteer for civil defense. There, she falls in love with one of her colleagues.

Thanatos(es)

Simone develops an unhealthy obsession with the extreme sexual practice of bloodplay.