April 2015
Genre: Drama

Year: 2015

Runtime: N/A

Director: Michael J. Saul

Cast: Harry Hains Jinny Chung Michael Redford Carney Koji Niiya

Plot: SURFACE tells the story of Evan Jones, a child orphan who, for years, was shifted from one foster home to another. Now a disaffected college student, he lives with his wealthy boyfriend, Chris. Their social and financial disparities have made their relationship increasingly volatile despite their mutual love for one another.

While sifting through old relics at an elderly man’s yard sale, Evan finds an 8mm movie camera. The man offers to teach Evan how to use it if he comes back the following week. Upon returning, Evan meets the man’s 43-year-old son, Peter. They strike up a conversation and Peter gives him reels of old 8mm movies that are collecting dust in the garage. The home movies, featuring a young Peter and his boyhood friend touch a nerve with Evan. Their youthful flirtations and tenderness are uncomplicated and pure. Evan begins to live vicariously through the home movies and his friendship with Peter soon turns romantic.

Evan’s relationship with his boyfriend, Chris splinters as he pushes for greater understanding of himself and the notions of family, love and fulfillment.
Website: http://www.thesurfacefilm.com/
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Something Must Break
Something Must Break
Genre: Drama Romance

Year: 2014

Runtime: 85 min

Director: Ester Martin Bergsmark

Cast: Saga Becker Iggy Malmborg Shima Niavarani Mattias Åhlén

Plot: A love story between two young men where one is the androgynous Sebastian and one is Andreas who is not gay. They form a unity. It’ s them against the polished Swedish Ikea society. They dream about escaping boredom and the risk of becoming what everyone else is.

And then there is Ellie- the superwoman growing inside of Sebastian who Andreas loves and fears. This is the summer when everything happens and both of them will choose paths that will determinate their lives forever. It’s a battle for love where Sebastian finally has to realise that he has to let Ellie loose, find the strength within himself and not let his happiness depend on someone else.

Something Must Break is inspired by Eli Levén’s novel You are the roots that sleep beneath my feet and hold the earth in place.

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