“AI Junko” is a short sci-fi film set in Tokyo and Los Angeles, exploring themes of companionship, trauma, and redemption. Follow Noah Clarke as he bonds with Junko, a damaged robot companion, in a futuristic world where human connections face new challenges.
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On the first day of Shima’s new job he met a man with a hangover in the elevator. That was his first meeting with his new boss, Togawa. Though Togawa seemed rude and cross, Shima was drawn to the kindness beneath his rough facade. Both men harbor a painful past but unlike Togawa, who was open with his feelings, Shima seems unable to move on. Based on the manga with the same name by Yoneda Kou.
Director: Chihiro Amano
Directors: Robert Schrock, Troy Christian
Writers:Bruce Vilanch, David Pevsner
Winston arrives at NYU as a freshman, knowing he’s gay and wondering where that fact will lead him. He falls hard for Tom, his temporary roommate who’s soon to leave for L.A., and it’s a big risk to express these feelings. Meanwhile, temptations and opportunities abound in the Village: sex in public toilets, uninhibited people at parties, and knowing Act-uppers. Plus, there are misinterpreted signals, like the ones Winston gets from a Moonie. With help from his hometown friend Anne, Winston keeps his equilibrium and finds the perfect place to meet someone: the Judy Garland rack at Tower Records.
Director: Raoul O’Connell
Justin, a 17-year old entering his final year of high school, gets a job as a life guard at a fitness center. Surrounded by hard bodies of both sexes and instructed by his boss to keep an eye on the steam room to report any men having sex, Justin begins to divine the direction his erotic feelings point. In separate incidents, Vicky and Russell, two older co-workers, hit on him. He tries out responses to both, and then must figure out what to do with his new self-knowledge.
Director: Brian Sloan
The Crying Game (1992) Director: Neil Jordan Writer: Neil Jordan Genres: Drama, Crime, Romance, Thriller Country: UK Language: English Duration: 112 min
Max is gay and as such is sent to Dachau concentration camp under the Nazi regime. He tries to deny he is gay and gets a yellow label (the one for Jews) instead of pink (the one for gays). In camp he falls in love with his fellow prisoner Horst, who wears his pink label with pride.
Tozaki, a writer, accidentally comes across his high school crush Kurata while working. The two eventually get drunk and end up in bed together, and their past begins to resurface.
This is a combination coming out and first love story. The swimmer and diver Lucard is interested in attractive Martin…
Director: Stéphane Giusti
Newcastle is a good-looking film that cheerily opens a window on teenage, beachside Australia seldom seen on film. Director: Dan Castle
