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My Partner

4.9(9)20231h 40m1

Two high school boys from different social worlds experience romantic feelings for each other. Edmar, a high-performing Filipino student, and Pili, a Native Hawaiian student-athlete, learn that navigating self-growth and teenage love in Hawaiʻi is as complicated as their understanding and love for Hawaiʻi and it’s ever-changing cultural landscape.

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Status
Released
Budget
$250K
Box office
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Language
Tagalog
  • high school
  • hawaii
  • teenage crush
  • lgbt
  • lgbt teen
  • gay romance
  • gay theme
  • high school romance
  • filipino
  • swear

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Behind the camera

Director

Keli'i Grace

Produced in

United States of America

Where to watch

Availability for India. Provided by JustWatch through the TMDB API.

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Release dates

  • United StatesUS

    • PremiereLos Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival7 May 2023
  • Hong KongHK

    • PremiereHKLGFF8 Sept 2024

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My Partner was released on 7 May 2023.

Audience reviews

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    CinemaSerf

    11/29/2025

    6/10

    There’s a bit of rivalry between the indigenous young men of Hawai’i and those of Philipino heritage whom they think cavalier about the natural resources of their pristine islands. That hostility extends into school where “Pili” (Kaipo Dudoit) and his older lads like to pick on “Edmar” (Jayson Munoz) and his pals. Things look set to come to an head when a teacher decides to pair these two on a project to select and p…

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    kinrich30

    8/29/2026

    7/10

    This was the typical enemies-to-lovers trope, but set against a Hawaiian backdrop with half of the cast being from the Philippines. The good, the story flowed smoothly and the romance developed casually over the course of the story and it flowed through to the end when everything finally came together in a peaceful way and no one seemed to question it. The problem I had is that the story is set in their junior year…

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