Founded in 2015, Asia Pacific Queer Film Festival Alliance (APQFFA) aims to support and promote LGBT films from across the region. In this program, we introduce 6 shorts recommended by the APQFFA member festivals. Check out the new talents from each country!
※All non-English films have English subtitles.
※Please be kindly noted that there is noise in the beginning of “Katchi” due to the condition of the original material.
Schedule
7/14(Fri)19:00~
@Cinemart shinjuku
7/16(Sun)11:30~
@Spiral Hall
Heart Station
Heart Station [Drama][Youth][G] |
A coming-age drama, a chinese gay male’s infatuation with a straight actor. He participated in his crush’s acting class during waiting for his scary potential diagnosis in his three month HIV window period.
Katchi
Katchi [Drama][Youth][T] ※All non-English films have English subtitles. |
Saad encounters several gruesome events of bullying and molestation by other students at school. Later in life, Saad participates in a theatre show that portrays the lives of Trans* women, with his mother in the audience. Has she accepted her son? Or does the fear of losing family pride come in the way?
The Baby Lu’au
The Baby Lu’au [Comedy][G] |
A young, ambitious lawyer returns to Hawaii and her estranged family after a long absence, only to discover everything is not what it seems.
Any Other Day
Any Other Day [Drama][G] |
It was just another day for Kabir and Arnav. But their lives take a turn for the worse when two cops decide to make a spectacle of them. As the night unfolds, help comes from an unlikely source who goes on to unmask the hypocrisy of our society.
Momo
Momo [Romance][L] |
Sohee meets up with her ex-girlfriend Areum who is about to set off to live abroad in Germany. Sohee takes custody of Momo, the cat they once shared. But Sohee’s current girlfriend Yujin sees Momo as a reminder of Areum and becomes upset.
The Dam
The Dam [Drama][G] |
A lifelong friendship is under siege when two mature Australian men visit the monolithic dam that defined their young lives and are confronted by feelings that were impounded long ago, but cannot be contained any longer.