Beautiful Blooming 2003
Kirei ni saita (original title)
59m | Drama | Release date: April 26, 2003 (Japan)
Storyline:
The third year of Keio. Picked up by Takamori Saigo, Hanjiro pledges his loyalty to him and joins an assassination group led by Kidaro. One day, Hanjiro was taken aback by a man he met on the street, and since then, the man’s presence has never left his mind.
One Last Night of You 2024
Une dernière nuit de toi (original title)
1h 21m | Drama | Release date: November 19, 2024 (United States)
Storyline:
When his car breaks down during a fateful road trip, Evan (Lou-Andreas Robert), a suicidal young man, meets Leo (Leo Siminot), a mysterious boy who offers to drive him to his destination. Along the way, romantic tension ensues as the pair reckon with traumas of the past, conflicts of the present and the potential of the future – together or apart. Evan soon realizes that he may have found something – or someone – worth living for.
Life in Love 2022
13m | Documentary, Short | Release date: June 23, 2022 (United Kingdom)
Storyline:
Meet new couple Nick and Kaiden: they’re navigating an unconventional work life and the politics of London’s queer community, as well as their blossoming partnership. Will their relationship, first built on sexual desire and lust, turn into the year’s sweetest love story?
The Senator 2024
O Senador (original title)
1h 26m | Thriller | Release date: June 20, 2024 (France)
Storyline:
Renan is hot, young, handsome, and entangled in an illicit affair with an influential, closeted right-wing senator. When he falls in love with Victor, a journalist determined to expose the senator’s hypocritical life.
Shadows In Mind 2023
1h 29m | Thriller | Release date: June 28, 2023 (United States)
Storyline:
Simon, an LGBTQ crisis hot-line operator, is becoming increasingly cynical over the frivolous calls he keeps receiving. It’s all complaining and no actual crisis. Until one night when a young man named Danny calls in saying he is going to kill three other people before killing himself. Simon gets Danny to unravel his story of betrayal, the dark web and dangerous relationships.
Aaron, a hopeless romantic, finds himself reliving the same day after an awkward but intense encounter with the mysterious Trevor. His excitement at the opportunity for a do-over soon turns sour as Aaron suspects Trevor may be the cause of his time loop. Aaron’s relentless pursuit of love forces him to confront his own insecurities and the blurred boundaries between infatuation and self-destruction. Groundhog Day meets Vertigo in this cyclical tale of cosmic fuckery, Nicholas Giuricich’s first feature delves into the desire for connection and the heady allure of toxic relationships. Can Aaron break out of this cycle, or is he destined to live out his life stuck in the same patterns?
Love Syndrome: The Beginning 2024
1h 30m | Drama, Romance | Release date: May 9, 2024 (Thailand)
Storyline:
Itt was raped by Day because Itt was the mastermind behind the plan that hurt Day’s younger brother Night. This plan was to trick Night into falling in love with Itt’sfriend, Gear who then raped him. Day discovered the plan after it happened and took his revenge by raping Itt and videotaping the rape as blackmail material. Whenever Itt said something that ‘Day’ didn’t like, he would verbally and physically beat and abuse him. Day used this videotape to blackmail Itt, and forced him to come and live with him.
They started to grow feelings for each other despite the extreme situation. Especially Itt who wanted Day to make his feelings clear. So he ran away with the help of Night. After this Day went crazy when he found out and realized how much he really liked Itt despite what he did to him. “The rapist can’t end up with his victim unless he does something to prove his love right?”