Rapture in Blue (2020)
Genre : Thriller, Drama, Mystery, Horror
Runtime : 49M
Director : Ryder Houston
Synopsis
Pressured to satisfy his girlfriend's desires, an angsty young man begins to struggle with both his sexuality and his sanity after meeting the insidious new boy who has moved into his childhood home in this gothic, neo-noir fever dream.
On the night before Yuet's wedding, best friends Nam and Yuet recall their time together in school, when they shared a relationship that was more than friendship, but also perhaps not quite love.
As any mother or father will tell you, when it comes to parenting, there's no right way to do it! Discover the highs and lows of being a queer kid in a straight family and vice versa in these six moving short films from Germany, Bulgaria, Israel, China and the United Kingdom. The short films are: Samira (2016); Pride [Чест] (2013); Lost and Found [אבידות ומציאות] (2015); Chaos Toad (2018); Sunken Plum [沉李] (2017); Escaping Gravity [Fliehkraft] (2013).
Nearly 3 hours of LGBTQ and Coming-of-Age short films and music videos await you in the debut of Altered Innocence’s cinematic mixtape supreme! Films from established auteurs like Peter Strickland, Cam Archer, João Nicolau, and Yann Gonzalez join fresh new voices such as Alexis Langlois, Shaun Hughes, Caroline Poggi, and Jonathan Vinel. Cruising, dancing, naked wrestling, trans terrorism, first love, bullies, femme fatales, band practice, and more is in store! The short films are: After School Knife Fight (2017); Bunny (2018); Doors Cut Down [En malas compañías] (2000); Gabber Lover (2016); Wild Haggis [Gambozinos] (2013); GUO4 (2019); Hunt [Jakt] (2018); Terror, Sisters! [De la terreur, mes sœurs!] (2019). The music videos are: 'Les vacances continuent' by Perez (2015); 'Niemand' by Kompromat (2019); 'Our Time' by Imperial Teen (2002).
Alexia is 17 years old and she doesn't understand herself. She seldom feels sad, irritated or moody without reason. But what would happen if, for an instant, she were able to put into words everything that troubles her, if she were able to discover what is happening to her?
Lucy Ching, a high school student and prom committee member seeks to establish gay prom royalty in an attempt to woo her best friend Miranda.
A young boy waits up on a balcony overlooking the beach, as he nervously practices confessing his feelings to his childhood best friend.
Two punks decide to rob a drug dealer as he sleeps.
Special agent Mott McCampbell has a mission, escorting a Japanese dignitary from JFK airport to the United Nations. A gang of stewardesses has a different plan, kidnapping! Will Mott be able to stop them in time? Find out, see 4 O’CLOCK, the underground, film-noir comedy.
After the death of his wife, a taxi driver, Hoon, struggles to provide for himself and his daughter, Mei, during the COVID-19 pandemic. He chooses to turn his taxi into a mobile brothel so he can give his daughter a better life. One life-changing moment forces him to re-consider his choice.
A gay youth can't face buying porn at his local newsstand: will his straight friend help him?
A retired detective moves to a rural village in Ireland where he discovers numerous missing children. He takes the investigation into his own hands due to the absence of police.
Isaac and Vivi, two adventurous young New Yorkers, go on a surreal first date to a mysterious Brooklyn art gallery where things are not as they seem. After consuming LSD-infused olives, their perceptions of reality – and each other – begin to unravel.
Locked is a film noir short written and directed by Niki Cornish and filmed by blind photographer, Ian Treherne. Starring Wendy Morgan, with a cast and crew of Niki's unique friends, this stylish, cinematic motion picture uses magnificent musical notes and stark lighting effects to lure the audience into a chilling anecdote of a fallen soldier's horrifying revenge.
Thirteen-year-old Xiao-Wei tries to hide his gay identity. He can only experience his gay lifestyle from gay dating apps. Xiao-Wei feels distanced from his straight friends, even with his best friend, Pin-Rui. Late at night, his online friend, Kevin, is the only one he can talk to. When Xiao-Wei finds out that Pin-Rui tries to hide the secret between he and his girlfriend, he can’t help but wonder about his own sexual curiosity and the perplexity of growing up.
As tensions from a toxic relationship resurface, an urban teenager finds herself solving the mystery behind her ex-boyfriend’s death.
Recalling his childhood and relationship with his mother, a film student tries to understand the origin of his love for cinema and tragedies.
Julian is in a dilemma. He loves the person, he is in a relation ship with, less than his best friend.
A tomboy joins a summertime English learning group and quickly falls in love with a girl in her class.
