International Boy Shorts: East End Boys(HKLGFF 2024)

Movie Name: Wegen Hegel **
Language: German, Mandarin (English Subtitles)
Category: -
Duration: 15 Mins
Director: Popo Fan
Story: Hegel spoils a hook-up. Philosophy student Ping moved to Germany in the middle of the Covid-19 lockdown. He meets someone online and pays them a visit. An epiphany and an unknown liquid add up to a special evening.

Movie Name: LOVE+ **
Language: Hindi, English(English Subtitles)
Category: -
Duration: 17 Mins
Director: Tushar Tyagi
Story: Ajay wants his live-in partner, Utkarsh, to join him for the live interview, but Utkarsh wants to keep their relationship a secret. The concern for them seems bigger than appearing together for the live interview. Will this sero-discordant (one is HIV and the other negative) couple have a positive love story?

Movie Name: Up in the Wind *
Language: Mandarin, English(Chinese Subtitles)
Category: -
Duration: 10 Mins
Director: Haoyuan Yang
Story: “How many people will we miss in our lifetime? Living in a conservative city in China, I have always felt that there is no love there because all the gay boys have gone to bigger cities. I have always wanted to leave this city, but I gradually realised that the city is not the reason I don’t have love, the heart is.”

Movie Name: J is for Just an Afternoon Thunderstorm ***
Language: Mandarin, English(Chinese English Subtitles)
Category: -
Duration: 23 Mins
Director: Chuang Yung Hsiang
Story: A casual couple’s outing, a mysterious encounter, and an afternoon thunderstorm.

Movie Name: 302 *
Language: English(English Subtitles)
Category: -
Duration: 16 Mins
Director: Leon Cheo
Story: An officer cadet opens a can of worms when he declares “302” to the Singapore army.

Movie Name: EKG **
Language: English
Category: III
Duration: 15 Mins
Director: Q Allan Brocka
Story: A queer Asian American overworked emergency doctor, Hao Ling, discovers a brand-new recreational world of substance and sex. He must uncover his own true feelings before figuring out the true feelings of his father, so he can finally stop struggling with the fear of not being accepted.

* Hong Kong Premiere
** Asia Premiere
*** International Premiere