13/9/2024 (Fri) 7:50pm – PALACE ifc (IFC)
15/9/2024 (Sun) 6:00pm – Broadway Cinematheque (BC)
1. The Passion According to Karim **
Director : Axel Würsten
France / 2024 / 24 mins / Dramedy
In French with English subtitles
Synopsis
A Scout patrol arrives to give a performance of the Crucifixion of Christ in a remote village famous for being the scene of alien apparitions in the 1970s. Nothing can stop 17-year-old KARIM, the Scout who has been assigned the role of Christ, from his obsessive goal: to find the ecstasy to perform the martyr on the cross.
2. Revived **
Director : Uriya Hertz
Israel / 2023 / 17 mins / Drama
In Hebrew with English subtitles
Synopsis
After a night out at a Jerusalem gay bar, Aaron finds out that his bag is missing. Unable to return home without it, he receives assistance from Sefi, the bartender. The fates of both will be linked tonight.
3. Alpha Kings *
Director : Faye Tsakas, Enrique Pedráza-Botero
USA / 2023 / 15 mins / Documentary
In English
Synopsis
From a rented mansion in the suburbs of Houston, Texas, a group of young men sell a hyperbolic, alpha-male version of themselves on the internet.
4. Some Kind of Paradise **
Director : Nicholas Finegan
USA / 2023 / 21 mins / Drama
In English
Synopsis
When a reclusive barman at an Arkansas line-dancing bar connects with a Hollywood actor via Grindr, the sheer force of their chemistry pushes him to question the isolated life he has built for himself and embrace the transformative power of intimacy and vulnerability.
5. Bleach **
Director : Daniel Daniel
United Kingdom / 2024 / 19 mins / Drama
In English
Synopsis
Gay and lonely, Lloyd is on a shame-fueled, Grindr-addicted spiral into tragedy.
Running time: 96 mins
* Hong Kong Premiere
** Asia Premiere
*** International Premiere