Gio Potes

After the EDSA People Power Revolution, two unnamed male lovers meet in a particular room reminiscing about their lives after one of them was taken away by armed men during the Philippines’ Martial Law period. The disappeared talks of violence and life under captivity, while the other one talks of his life waiting and searching. The story unfolds towards their decisions on how they’d like to pursue their relationship given the circumstances, hopefully towards a more peaceful time together again.

During the annual pandemic season, a "callboy" performs cybersex while working as a caretaker for a house owned by a Chinese landlord, and reminiscing life before the pandemic - particularly a short warm moment with a trans woman, Julie.

With his family life in shambles amidst the government's war on drugs, a young man transitions from being an ordinary filmmaker to being a full-fledged member of the revolutionary movement, proving that conviction knows no gender.

A young priest meets a hot guy from Grindr.

Nicolas Deocampo--a prominent Filipino filmmaker, academic, historian and activist--goes down memory lane in this intimate vignette and paints through his piercing poetry and gripping visual images—the wins of the LGBTQIA movement as he retells his own struggle in finding love and belonging.

After a tragedy falls onto a local slipper factory, a beautician rescues a factory worker who managed to escape the fire. As they heal each other’s wounds from past and present, they ponder on their own prisons of closets – the worker in the inhumane factory and the beautician in their own conservative Catholic home. The two end up with a unified solution... BURN THE CLOSET!

After the EDSA People Power Revolution, two unnamed male lovers meet in a particular room reminiscing about their lives after one of them was taken away by armed men during the Philippines’ Martial Law period. The disappeared talks of violence and life under captivity, while the other one talks of his life waiting and searching. The story unfolds towards their decisions on how they’d like to pursue their relationship given the circumstances, hopefully towards a more peaceful time together again.

After the EDSA People Power Revolution, two unnamed male lovers meet in a particular room reminiscing about their lives after one of them was taken away by armed men during the Philippines’ Martial Law period. The disappeared talks of violence and life under captivity, while the other one talks of his life waiting and searching. The story unfolds towards their decisions on how they’d like to pursue their relationship given the circumstances, hopefully towards a more peaceful time together again.

During the annual pandemic season, a "callboy" performs cybersex while working as a caretaker for a house owned by a Chinese landlord, and reminiscing life before the pandemic - particularly a short warm moment with a trans woman, Julie.

During the annual pandemic season, a "callboy" performs cybersex while working as a caretaker for a house owned by a Chinese landlord, and reminiscing life before the pandemic - particularly a short warm moment with a trans woman, Julie.

A young priest meets a hot guy from Grindr.

A young priest meets a hot guy from Grindr.

Nicolas Deocampo--a prominent Filipino filmmaker, academic, historian and activist--goes down memory lane in this intimate vignette and paints through his piercing poetry and gripping visual images—the wins of the LGBTQIA movement as he retells his own struggle in finding love and belonging.

Nicolas Deocampo--a prominent Filipino filmmaker, academic, historian and activist--goes down memory lane in this intimate vignette and paints through his piercing poetry and gripping visual images—the wins of the LGBTQIA movement as he retells his own struggle in finding love and belonging.

After a tragedy falls onto a local slipper factory, a beautician rescues a factory worker who managed to escape the fire. As they heal each other’s wounds from past and present, they ponder on their own prisons of closets – the worker in the inhumane factory and the beautician in their own conservative Catholic home. The two end up with a unified solution... BURN THE CLOSET!

After a tragedy falls onto a local slipper factory, a beautician rescues a factory worker who managed to escape the fire. As they heal each other’s wounds from past and present, they ponder on their own prisons of closets – the worker in the inhumane factory and the beautician in their own conservative Catholic home. The two end up with a unified solution... BURN THE CLOSET!

Ren, a gay college student, half-halfheartedly lets go of his activist suitor Lenny, believing that his rebel partner is still alive despite rumors that their group has been ambushed.

Ren, a gay college student, half-halfheartedly lets go of his activist suitor Lenny, believing that his rebel partner is still alive despite rumors that their group has been ambushed.