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3670 (Country: South Korea; Year: 2025; Director: Park Joon-ho; Writer: Park Joon-ho; Stars: Cho You-hyun, Kim Hyun-mok, Cho Dae-hee, Cha Mi-kyung)
Cheol-jun has become close friends with many people, but he conceals the fact that he is gay from them. Contending with feelings of isolation and longing for deeper connection, he summons up the courage to explore Seoul's vibrant gay community.
Cactus Pears (Sabar Bonda) (Country: India; Year: 2025; Director: Rohan Kanawade; Writer: Rohan Kanawade; Stars: Bhushaan Manoj, Suraaj Suman, Jayshri Jagtap)
Anand, a 30-something city dweller compelled to spend a 10-day mourning period for his father in the rugged countryside of western India, tenderly bonds with a local farmer struggling to stay unmarried. As the mourning ends, forcing his return, Anand must decide the fate of his relationship born under duress.
Flower Girl (Country: Philippines; Year: 2025; Director: Fatrick Tabada; Writer: Fatrick Tabada; Stars: Sue Ramirez, Martin Del Rosario, Jameson Blake, Maxi Andreison, Donna Cariaga)
A woman's cruel actions toward a trans person trigger a mystical punishment, leaving her without her most intimate body part. Now she races against time with a magical flower to find genuine love and break the spell.
Girlfriends (Country: Thailand, Taiwan, Macao, Hong Kong; Year: 2025; Director: Tracy Choi; Writer: Lou Shiu-wa, Sebrina Zheng; Stars: Fish Liew, Jennifer Yu, Elizabeth Tang, Ning Han, Natalie Hsu)
Lok, a 34-year-old filmmaker from Macau, has been drifting through Hong Kong’s film industry. Although she has already directed a feature film, her life remains unstable, her next project has stalled, and her girlfriend Bei Bei is pushing for them to get married, buy a house, and settle down. Facing multiple pressures, Lok revisits different moments in her past.
Montreal, My Beautiful (Country: Canada; Year: 2025; Director: Xiaodan He; Stars: Joan Chen, John Xu, Charlotte Aubin)
Feng Xia lives a life of dutiful servitude to her husband, children and community of Chinese ex-pats. When she finally decides to put herself first, and explore the sexuality that she has long concealed, she meets the free-spirited Camille.
Raging (Rumaragasa) (Country: Philippines; Year: 2025; Director: Ryan Machado; Writer: Ryan Machado; Stars: Elijah Canlas, Ron Angeles, Reynald Santos, Glenn Sevilla Mas, Nathan J. Sotto, Raf Rivera Rey, Nonong Reyes, Mely Merez, Piolo Arib, Keith Fejer, Robert Simon Rosas, Rodne Galicha)
A young man's quest for justice is intertwined with a plane crash mystery.
A Useful Ghost (Pee Chai Dai Ka) (Country: Thailand; Year: 2025; Director: Ratchapoom Boonbunchachoke; Writer: Ratchapoom Boonbunchachoke; Stars: Wanlop Rungkumjad, Wisarut Himmarat, Apasiri Nitibhon, Wisarut Homhuan)
March is mourning his wife Nat who has recently passed away due to dust pollution. He discovers her spirit has returned by possessing the vacuum cleaner. But to become a useful ghost, she first needs to get rid of the useless ones.
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