Lex Bonife

Películas

Broken Hearts Trip
Story
Five brokenhearted LGBTQ individuals will be given a chance to heal in the most beautiful places, and there’s a million-peso prize at the end. Can they stay single and prove to everyone that their lives will still go on? Or will their hearts open up to loving once more?
Memories of Forgetting
Producer
Two men who have an unacknowledged relationship five years ago meet each other during the pandemic. Will they finally have a happy ending or a mother’s love get in the way to protect her son?
El cuento de los chicos perdidos
Alex's Cousin
Tale of the Lost Boys es la historia de la amistad entre dos hombres: Alex (Oliver Aquino), un mecánico filipino, y Jerry (Ta Su), un estudiante aborigen taiwanés. Los dos se encuentran al azar cuando Alex huye a Taipei desde Manila, al enterarse de que su novia está embarazada. Una conversación casual se convierte en una sorprendente conexión personal entre ellos. Ambos se dan cuenta de que anhelan una conexión más íntima con sus madres, ya que Alex lo abandonó por una nueva familia, mientras que Jerry teme que sus padres tradicionales lo rechacen por ser gay. Los dos hombres van en un viaje por carretera y terminan en la tribu de Jerry. El viaje finalmente los hace volver a conectarse con sus madres y ambos descubren un cierto sentido de identidad y libertad.
T.P.O.: Temporary Protection Order
Miguel is an abusive husband to Teresa, a former town-beauty queen. They have an eight-year old son, JR. Their small family lives with Miguel’s parents. The family is shattered by the vicious cycle of domestic abuse. After a night of beating, Teresa, goaded by a friend, seeks TPO (Temporary Protection Order) from the court. TPO is a legal remedy that a woman can avail of under Republic Act 9262 (Violence Against Women and Children Law) to protect her and her child against anyone harming them. Teresa is granted the TPO against Miguel. But in this legal tug-of-war of familial rights, their son ,JR, is ignored. Until, he shows aggression in school.But Miguel’s parents coax Miguel to file for Child Custody.
The Escort
Producer
A story of a pragmatic escort who unexpectedly falls in love to one of his potential client.
The Escort
Screenplay
A story of a pragmatic escort who unexpectedly falls in love to one of his potential client.
Kape Barako
Screenplay
Rico owns the struggling coffee shop Kape Barako. The shop only has one regular customer, aside from a lady who orders nothing but ice water and leeches off their Internet connection. As a result, Rico is having trouble paying off his mortgage. He now has just two weeks to raise 120,000 pesos to keep the bank from foreclosing on the property. He tries a variety of things to raise the cash, even going as far as considering selling his body. Luckily, one of his baristas Jek accidentally stumbles on a solution to the shop’s problems. A prank goes wrong and a special ingredient ends up making their coffee a real hit among a certain section of their clientele.
Boy Toys
Laruang Lalake is a realist film that portrays the workers within the Filipino gay film industry and their personal stories - from the naughty to the gritty, from the horny to the hopeful. The film weaves the journey of ambitious probinsyano actor Samuel, Marc the idealistic film crew member who is secretly in love with Samuel and Wilredo a filmmaker on the brink of bankruptcy. And then there is also Peejay who is determined to steal a name for himeslf. As the camera grinds between naked bodies in homerotic play, its all in a day's work for eveyone living in a society that is yet to acept the Filipino gay man.
Pulupot
Lander
Eva, a hardworking transsexual entrepreneur, waits for the love of her life, Edgardo who is currently enmeshed in complicated relationships with a possessive gay man, a pragmatic sex worker and his OFW girlfriend. This story an upbeat testament to the simple truth that love is a choice. And sometimes the most inconvenient choice is the key to one's happiness.
Pulupot
Screenplay
Eva, a hardworking transsexual entrepreneur, waits for the love of her life, Edgardo who is currently enmeshed in complicated relationships with a possessive gay man, a pragmatic sex worker and his OFW girlfriend. This story an upbeat testament to the simple truth that love is a choice. And sometimes the most inconvenient choice is the key to one's happiness.
Pulupot
Story
Eva, a hardworking transsexual entrepreneur, waits for the love of her life, Edgardo who is currently enmeshed in complicated relationships with a possessive gay man, a pragmatic sex worker and his OFW girlfriend. This story an upbeat testament to the simple truth that love is a choice. And sometimes the most inconvenient choice is the key to one's happiness.
Little Boy Big Boy
"Little Boy Big Boy" tells the story of a carefree graphic artist named Raymund and how he is filled with doubt as he is suddenly faced with the responsibility of looking after his seven-year-old nephew Zach. But while taking care of Zach, Raymund finds himself in the middle of building a relationship with his new lover Tim where he teaches him the value of acceptance and self-respect.
Showboyz
The manager of a failing gay bar and his macho dancer boyfriend are having relationship troubles as their business collapses around them. But things turn around when a provincial young man arrives looking for a childhood friend and becomes a part of their lives.
Kambyo
Screenstory
Great story and a really touching one. It talks about a group of 4 friends going on a road trip, in search for goals and inner-self To "Macky" he's going because he's searching for his long lost best friend from college, whom he had grown to care and loved. To others this was just a vacation or so they thought. Along the travel they realize the emotional and deep attachment to each other, that they are there for each other from best friends to lovers. The story shows some contentment when you finally found the one that you have been searching for. The feeling of doing what you always wanted, its the relief of having said the words that you have been hiding, yet been wanting to shout for a very long time. Its a story of coming clean with your feelings. Kambyo: Filipino from 'gear shift' to adjust your erection to a better position as to either a.) lessen its bulge, or b.) avoid the waistband of your underwear
Kambyo
Story
Great story and a really touching one. It talks about a group of 4 friends going on a road trip, in search for goals and inner-self To "Macky" he's going because he's searching for his long lost best friend from college, whom he had grown to care and loved. To others this was just a vacation or so they thought. Along the travel they realize the emotional and deep attachment to each other, that they are there for each other from best friends to lovers. The story shows some contentment when you finally found the one that you have been searching for. The feeling of doing what you always wanted, its the relief of having said the words that you have been hiding, yet been wanting to shout for a very long time. Its a story of coming clean with your feelings. Kambyo: Filipino from 'gear shift' to adjust your erection to a better position as to either a.) lessen its bulge, or b.) avoid the waistband of your underwear
El secreto de Antonio
Gay Couple
Filipinas /// Cuenta la historia de un chico filipino de 15 años que comienza a descubrir su sexualidad dándose cuenta que es gay. Su primer contacto se da con Nathan, uno de sus mejores amigos, pero él está en confrontación con otro. Como el niño va explorando su sexualidad, él observa como su familia se va desmoronando en pedazos y su madre cae en una profunda desesperación. La crisis comienza cuando Antonio encuentra a su tío hedonista, quien rápidamente se convierte en la obsesión del niño.
El secreto de Antonio
Screenplay
Filipinas /// Cuenta la historia de un chico filipino de 15 años que comienza a descubrir su sexualidad dándose cuenta que es gay. Su primer contacto se da con Nathan, uno de sus mejores amigos, pero él está en confrontación con otro. Como el niño va explorando su sexualidad, él observa como su familia se va desmoronando en pedazos y su madre cae en una profunda desesperación. La crisis comienza cuando Antonio encuentra a su tío hedonista, quien rápidamente se convierte en la obsesión del niño.
El secreto de Antonio
Story
Filipinas /// Cuenta la historia de un chico filipino de 15 años que comienza a descubrir su sexualidad dándose cuenta que es gay. Su primer contacto se da con Nathan, uno de sus mejores amigos, pero él está en confrontación con otro. Como el niño va explorando su sexualidad, él observa como su familia se va desmoronando en pedazos y su madre cae en una profunda desesperación. La crisis comienza cuando Antonio encuentra a su tío hedonista, quien rápidamente se convierte en la obsesión del niño.
The Man in the Lighthouse
Jamir
Mateo is a lighthouse caretaker dating a teacher Suzette. The small town they are in is trying to increase tourism. Jerome stumbles across Mateo and Suzette having sex, whilst he is on holiday from Manila. A local a gay man, who pays local teenage boys for sex, talks to Mateo about the negative aspects of being gay in the Philippines. According to local legend, a lighthouse fairy seduces desirable men who then never marry. Mateo's relationship with Jerome leads to self reevaluation
The Man in the Lighthouse
Screenplay
Mateo is a lighthouse caretaker dating a teacher Suzette. The small town they are in is trying to increase tourism. Jerome stumbles across Mateo and Suzette having sex, whilst he is on holiday from Manila. A local a gay man, who pays local teenage boys for sex, talks to Mateo about the negative aspects of being gay in the Philippines. According to local legend, a lighthouse fairy seduces desirable men who then never marry. Mateo's relationship with Jerome leads to self reevaluation
The Man in the Lighthouse
Story
Mateo is a lighthouse caretaker dating a teacher Suzette. The small town they are in is trying to increase tourism. Jerome stumbles across Mateo and Suzette having sex, whilst he is on holiday from Manila. A local a gay man, who pays local teenage boys for sex, talks to Mateo about the negative aspects of being gay in the Philippines. According to local legend, a lighthouse fairy seduces desirable men who then never marry. Mateo's relationship with Jerome leads to self reevaluation