Jake and Devon are ready to take their relationship to the next level–but after another gruesome murder at Chucky’s far-from-idle hands, who has time for romance? Meanwhile, enemies–and allies–from Chucky’s past show up to complicate matters.
The Ephemeral 2020
Lo efímero (original title)
20min | Short, Drama | 30 March 2020 (Spain)
Storyline:
Two strangers meet in a subway car. They both bring their past with them. Both look at each other from their present. Both will determine their future in that fleeting, and ephemeral, vital journey that briefly brings them together.
Not Knowing 2019
Bilmemek (original title)
1h 35min | Drama | 13 August 2021 (Turkey)
Storyline:
“Not knowing” focuses on the life of a family that is not satisfied with their lives. Selma and Sinan are a couple who now find it difficult to endure each other. Umut, the son of the house, is after to prove himself. At the end of high school, rumors start circulating about Umut, who is homosexual. While Selma and Sinan are trying to cope with their tiring marriage, Umut suddenly disappears when the rumors go away and his head disappears. While Selma and Sinan are looking for their son, he realizes that they have actually lost themselves.
When Jake is finally pushed over the edge by bullies, Chucky reminisces about his first murder as a human boy, urging Jake to now make a choice–kill or be killed.
A Year of Hope 2017
1h 24min | Documentary | 18 November 2017 (Netherlands)
Storyline:
A Year of Hope is about life on the streets of Manila. You will hear the horrible stories of Pablo, Justin, and some of the other boys. Thankfully their lives change during their year in Stairway Foundation. It’s an NGO located on an island in the Philippines far away from Manila. They’re there to get a proper education, eat nutritious food, have fun, and be introduced to new things. But sadly even in a place like Stairway, the gruesome streets of Manila are still lurking in the backs of the children’s minds.
How to Die Young in Manila 2020
12min | Short | 16 April 2021 (USA)
Storyline:
“How to Die Young in Manila” was made as a short pitch teaser to Petersen Vargas’ full-length feature, entitled “Some Nights Feel Like Walking.” It’s about a young boy who braves the streets of nighttime Manila to meet an anonymous hookup. Thinking one of them is a hookup, he trails a pack of young hustlers who then draw him into their strange world of death and desire. This short film questions and explores the possibility of an urban life, of human connection in the city, for those not protected by privilege from the cruel policies of this government, which kill young men everywhere. It’s a film that imagines and situates queer desire within a city determined and shaped by politics.
The Night Train 2020
Nattåget (original title)
15min | Short, Drama | August 2020 (Italy)
Storyline:
Oskar is on the night train, heading home after an interview in Stockholm. With a long night ahead of him, he makes eye contact with Ahmad. For the first time he meets the gaze of someone who feels the same desire as he does.