romance
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The Strong Ones : a powerful queer Chilean love story
For his debut feature film Chilean writer/director Omar Zúñiga Hidalgo adapted his own short film San Cristabel which won the prestigious Teddy Award at the Berlinale in 2015. It is a beautifully executed queer love story that is a near perfect as it could be. Lucas (Samuel González) has just won a scholarship to…
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LUZ : can a queer prison romance last?
Portland based filmmaker Jon Garcia has followed up his highly successful Falls Trilogy of movies with yet another exceptional queer love story . This time however he has moved on from Mormons to Mexican Mafia. It’s the story of Ruben (Ernesto Reyes)has a job driving for his Mafiosa cousin Julio (Rega Lupo) taking his…
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The First: a queer love story that may be doomed from the start
Feeling like a touch of queer romance this weeked without leaving the comfort of your own home (even if you could)? Then grab a box of Kleenex and head over to You Tube to watch THE FIRST. Created by writer/director Tim Zientek this is the story of two gay men in love, and each…
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Twilight’s Kiss : a tender love story between two seemingly unlikely gay men.
For his third feature film award-winning queer Hong Kong filmmaker Ray Yeung has another love story to tell, and as usual with him, its an unexpected heart-touching tale although this time it is between two seemingly unlikely gay men. Set in HK, its the story of a 70-year-old cab driver Pak (Tai-Bo) who is…
