Collection of gay-themed short films directed by Ohm Phanphiroj.DESIRE includes Desire, The Space Between Us, The Last Kiss and The Deaf Boy’s Disease Four films exploring male desire in a singularly artful, erotic, and forthcoming way.
Ten years after graduating, three college friends get together to relive old times.
Director: Stewart Wade
Stars: Garret Coffey, Ryan Leslie Fisher, Bryce McBratnie
A man pursued by the law finds more than refuge from the streets, when he is mistaken for another man’s on-line hook up.
Director: John Sobrack
Stars: Kenneth Lawrence Ferguson, Dick Friedman, Seril James
In a world where most of the population is gay, children who exhibit “straight’ tendencies are sent to camps in order to convert them back to a natural homosexual lifestyle. Camp Sohomo will convert your child in record time.
Helped by his best friend, Sebastian, a teenage boy tries to figure out his complicated romantic life.
Director – Diana Marti
Stars: Carson Fisher, Noah Lash, Matthew Ninh
A young documentarian works on a school project about gay sex and romance, going back to the 1950s. He interviews two seniors about their past experiences, as told through flashbacks to the past.
Director:Alan Smithee
Starring: Josh Paul, Edwin Martinez, Steve O. Van Wie
Two young boys meeting on a road trip through the FOREST and made an unexpected friednship
Directed by Bell Soto & Gabriel Pena
A young gay man finds how to love himself and accept love from another, despite the disapproval of his father.
Director: Michelle Leigh
In the early sixties, a sexually conflicted teenager finds faith and acceptance after escaping the tortures of electrotherapeutic conversion therapy.
Director: Benjamin Howard
Stars: Court Rutter, Rudy Pankow, Bianca Alvarado, Mami Pat
When a young gay man has unprotected sex without revealing his HIV status, guilt propels him down a rabbit hole of memory, regret, and surreal manifestations of his past.
Director: Sean Devaney
A raw and nostalgic coming-of-age story about a gay teen navigating identity, heartbreak, and first love in 1980s Ohio.
Director: David Moreton
A wonderous story of the complexities of relationships, friendly and romantic. Blurring the lines of expected troupes through random comedy and a realistic, interconnected interaction.
Director: Brian Jordan Alvarez, Jason Looney
Short film about a guy who just lost his mother, grieves and did not become acclimatized to it.
Director: Lukas Cox
Stars: Will Harrison, Harry Thornton
Men spend a lot of time thinking about their penises, and even thinking with their penises. But rarely do we hear men talking honestly about their penises-until now.
Everybody loves Ryan, but does Ryan love everybody?
Director: Joseph A. Adesunloye
Stars: Anniwaa Buachie, Chipo Chung, Denver Isaac
Our first sequel episode! It’s a year after they met, and the guys from “Secret Asian Man” (Cesar Cipriano and Mykee Steen) want to take their relationship to a new level. But they don’t have the same idea of what that means…
Danny, dying of Aids, returns home for his last months. Always close to his mother, they share moments of openness that tend to shut out Danny’s father and his sister.
A closeted male travels and hires male prostitutes while away. Upon arrival, the hustler is nervous, uncomfortable and takes Valium to cope. Host suddenly gets a call and must leave. Gives the hustler money and tells him to stay. After leaving, the adjoining room door opens, his son walks in. The prostitute and son identify a commonality…the cycle finally ends.
A mature but uneasy cop takes in a young gay hustler following a knifing death in the area. A personal relationship wants to form but both are leery of it.
Set one evening in present-day Moscow, 16 year-old Pyotr is baited by an ultra-nationalist group known for their violent abductions and attacks bolstered by Russia’s LGBT propaganda law, but Pyotr has a dangerous secret.
Stars: Alex Ozerov, Max Rositsan, Juliana Semenova
