Directing

Bonaventure Tain

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Directing

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7 titles

Known for

HANDMEDOWN poster
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An experimental micro-documentary and multigenerational handing down of queer sexual wisdom and whimsy.

HANDMEDOWN

2026

Fucking Different Generations poster
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A queer anthology that explores sexuality, intimacy, and identity across age groups. Conceived as a collaborative project, the film brings together filmmakers from different generations, each directing a short segment portraying encounters between younger and older men. Through these stories, the film examines how attitudes toward desire, relationships, and queer identity shift over time. Moments of curiosity, misunderstanding, attraction, and vulnerability reveal both the gaps and the connections between generations shaped by different social climates. By juxtaposing perspectives formed in eras of repression with those emerging in more open contexts, the film reflects on how LGBTQ+ experiences evolve while shared needs for intimacy, recognition, and connection remain constant. The result is a provocative and intimate mosaic about age, memory, and the changing landscape of queer life.

Fucking Different Generations

2026

In All the Rooms We Met poster
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Over the years, the filmmaker meets the porn actor Ryuji Suzuki in various rooms, as they reflect on their life experiences and sexual fantasies. Documenting a world where reality and fiction intertwine, imagination becomes a conduit for experimentation.

In All the Rooms We Met

2025

The Boys Who Sit Down to Pee poster
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Boys who step into toilet cubicles instead of standing at the urinals have a secret to hide. The film is a self-discovery portrait of the filmmaker, who has spent 41 years living with hypospadias.

The Boys Who Sit Down to Pee

2023

In the Name of Love poster
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A gay couple talks about love, visibility, and making erotic films together in Malaysia, where queer life has long been criminalized.

In the Name of Love

2026

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