Short Film: Underwater (2015)

 

Situated within the confines of an upper-class international swimming institution in the UK’s countryside. The seclusion of such a location facilitates the character’s blossoming and inevitable explosion. The film is a depiction of a young man’s downward spiral. Jonathan is an outcast, a reject from school as well as his new family. With the death of his mother and his father’s identity crisis, he finds himself under the control of his future step-mother, a selfish, evil woman, who sends him off to a remote place so the path is clear for her to marry his dad and secure her future. It is within this strange school that Jonathan, along with his personal fears, begins to suffer a sexual kind of bullying which takes him from romance to vengeance in a matter of days. Written by Alejandro Sesma

Censored Dreams

Censored Dreams is an insightful look into the independent filmmaking in the Philippines. The film takes us through the process of making a gay film by following the lives of an aspiring actor, Samuel (Arjay Carreon) and a struggling filmmaker, Wilfredo (Richard Quan). Samuel puts all his dreams in becoming an actor in the film by doing everything he could and Wilfredo gives his all to finish the film because his livelihood depends on it. But their hope is dashed when the Board of Censors gives an X-Rating to the film which means that it is banned from being shown publicly. Censored Dreams humanizes and shows the struggle and sacrifices of the people involved in a small film.

Step for You

Yu Sang is a school newspaper journalist and wants to interview Jun Han for an article. Jun Han accepts it but wants Yu Sang to practice dancing with him in return. As the practice goes on, Yu Sang finds himself attracted to Jun Han.