COMING OUT 2017
5min 34sec | Short | 2017
Review:
The gay short film Coming Out tells the story of two best friends, Lukas and Chris. They have trouble expressing their feelings about each other. Due to their insecurities, they both seek advice online anonymous chat room. In this chat room, they get advice from the person they’d least expect.
Bad Boy Street 2012
1h 20min | Drama, Romance | 19 July 2012 (USA)
Storyline:
Frenchman Claude (Yann De Monterno) had a bad relationship in USA ages ago; that’s why he came back to France. One early dawn as he is walking towards his home, he sees a drunken American lying on the pavement. Claude takes him to his home because there was no way to identify the Young American. When they have a chance to talk, the young American’s name is Brad (Kevin Miranda). That chance meeting leads to their relationship but Brad seems an enigma, seeming aloof even to Claude’s BFF Catherine (Florence D’ Azemar). Things get worse on the day of Claude’s birthday, when a group of friends surprise him at his home; one recognizes Brad. Will Claude and Brad have the chance for a long term relationship?
Doggers 2015
17min | Short, Adult | 19 September 2015 (Portugal)
Storyline:
This documentary short film was made in collaboration with Miguel Arroja who had been capturing action on camera since 2001. After he saw my work he wanted to share his precious footage with me. I was impressed with the activities at the place. I went there in 2013 to experience it myself and do more filming.
Hors les murs 2012
1h 38min | Drama, Romance | 5 December 2012 (France)
Storyline:
Paulo, a young pianist, meets Ilir, a bartender and bass guitar player originally from Albania. They become lovers. Confronted by his girlfriend Anka, Paulo finds himself out on the street. Despite Ilir’s misgivings, Paulo moves in with him. One day, when Paulo promises that he will love Ilir for the rest of his life, Ilir leaves the city and doesn’t return. A few days later, Paulo finds out that Ilir is in jail, and their relationship faces unexpected challenges.
Nieporozumienie 1978
19min 34sec | Short | 1978
Plot:
Piotr Majdrowicz’s film The Misunderstanding of 1978 presents the story of a young photographer in love with an athlete whose pictures he performs. Compulsory heterosexuality has turned out to be a barrier to homosexual fulfillment and as such has become a sign of repressive and alienating PRL.
Happy Together 1997
Happy Together 1997
Chun gwong cha sit (original title)
1h 36min | Drama, Romance | 17 May 1997 (France)
Storyline:
Yiu-Fai and Po-Wing arrive in Argentina from Hong Kong and take to the road for a holiday. Something is wrong and their relationship goes adrift. A disillusioned Yiu-Fai starts working at a tango bar to save up for his trip home. When a beaten and bruised Po-Wing reappears, Yiu-Fai is empathetic but is unable to enter a more intimate relationship. After all, Po-Wing is not ready to settle down. Yiu-Fai now works in a Chinese restaurant and meets the youthful Chang from Taiwan. Yiu-Fai’s life takes on a new spin, while Po-Wing’s life shatters continually in contrast.
SKAM S04E03
30min | Drama, Romance | Episode aired 28 April 2017
Episode title: Hva mener du om drikking?
Director: Julie Andem
Writers: Julie Andem (created by), Julie Andem
Stars: Iman Meskini, Ina Svenningdal, Josefine Frida Pettersen
Format : MPEG-4
Format profile : Base Media / Version 2
Codec ID : mp42 (isom/iso2/avc1/mp41)
File size : 292 MiB
Duration : 28 min 16 s
Overall bit rate mode : Variable
Overall bit rate : 1 444 kb/s
Viva 2015
R | 1h 40min | Drama | 19 August 2016 (Ireland)
Storyline:
When everything is for sale, what’s the value of love? Jesus does make up for a troupe of drag performers in Havana, but dreams of being a performer. When he finally gets his chance to be on stage, a stranger emerges from the crowd and punches him in the face. The stranger is his father Angel, a former boxer, who has been absent from his life for 15 years. As father and son clash over their opposing expectations of each other, Viva becomes a love story as the men struggle to understand one another and become a family again.
