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Hong Kong Lesbian and Gay Film Festival
Saturday, 06 September 2025 until Saturday, 20 September 2025
The Hong Kong Lesbian & Gay Film Festival is the longest running LGBTQ+ film festival in Asia. We are a registered non-profit society seeking to promote equal opportunities and eliminate discrimination against sexual minority groups in Hong Kong through cinematic works of art. We program films with a wide range of LGBTQ+ topics from Hong Kong and across the world. This year we will be celebrating our 36th year!
Best Short Film Jury Award
The winner of our very first Short Film Jury Award (Director Rohan Kanawade for "U for Usha") recently received the World Cinema Grand Jury Prize:Drama at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival. Could you be this year's HKLGFF Jury Award winner? Submit your film today!
2025 films...
Three Kilometres to the End of the World
To Live, to Die, to Live Again
International Gay Shorts: Mirage de Noir
Luz Diabla
Director : GERVASIO CANDA, PATRICIO PLAZA, PAULA BOFFO
Argentina, Canada | 2025 | 11 mins
* Hong Kong Premiere
Synopsis
Martín, a flamboyant urban raver, is involved in a strange accident on the road on his way to a party in the middle of the Argentine Pampas. Finding refuge in a mysterious country grocery store and sheltered by two strange locals, Martín’s paranoia begins to take over him. As the hours progress, his perception begins to distort, unleashing disturbing visions that will lead him to confront the supernatural forces that hide in the night.
Palindrome
Director : KRIT KOMKRICHWARAKOOL
Canada | 2025 | 15 mins
* Director in attendance
* Asian Premiere
Synopsis
A man seeks the truth behind his partner’s disappearance after his mysterious return.
Correct Me If I’m Wrong
Director : ZHOU HAO
Germany, United States of America | 2025 | 23 mins
* Director in attendance
* Hong Kong Premiere
Synopsis
In a struggle of love, legacy, and belief, a desperate family in Southwest China tries to purge an entity from their queer heir.
Next Door
Director : LUKAS MÄRZ
Germany | 2024 | 20 mins
* Asian Premiere
Synopsis
When gay couple Tom and Marcel move into a new apartment, they find a door to the right that simply cannot be closed.
Ripples
Director : RHYS MARC JONES
United Kingdom | 2025 | 15 mins
* Asian Premiere
Synopsis
A youth and an older married man abandon their lives for an afternoon of forbidden romance, yet find it difficult to keep the real world at bay.
The 5 O’Clock Chime
Director : JAMES COOPER
Japan, United Kingdom | 2024 | 15 mins
* Hong Kong Premiere
Synopsis
In Tokyo, an unfulfilled romantic encounter and sudden disappearance leave Seiji struggling to make sense of what never happened and what might have been.
International Gay Shorts: What Might Have Been
Ikaros Reborn
Director : MENELAS
Greece | 2024 | 8 mins
* Asian Premiere
Synopsis
In this poetic retelling of the myth of Ikaros, creators Menelas and The Peacock give us a different interpretation of the story and a much happier ending. Shot on location in Ikaria Island, this ancient cautionary tale about the hubris of youth becomes a BDSM love story.
Blue Boy
Director : NIK DODANI
United States of America | 2024 | 15 mins
* Hong Kong Premiere
Synopsis
After experiencing an otherworldly vision, a mischievous Indian-American boy convinces himself that he’s the reincarnation of the Hindu god Krishna. Turns out he’s just gay.
Hey Dad!
Director : WANG WEI FAN
Taiwan | 2024 | 6 mins
* Asian Premiere
Synopsis
I’ve practiced these words for 20 years now, but maybe being candid isn’t the best idea. At this moment, I decide to stop, starting the countdown again, another cycle of 20 years. Maybe it might be the right time by then.
One Day This Kid
Director : ALEXANDER FARAH
Canada | 2024 | 18 mins
* Director in Attendance
* Asian Premiere
Synopsis
As told through a deftly composed array of small yet pivotal moments, a first-generation Afghan Canadian man takes steps toward establishing an identity of his own while always conscious of his father’s shadow.
Cousin
Director : ALEJANDRO JATO
Spain | 2025 | 24 mins
* Hong Kong Premiere
Synopsis
Antón travels to his grandparents’village to receive his first communion. There, while celebrating this special day with his family, a new way of seeing the world around him begins to take shape within him, leading to an experience that will forever mark the course of his life—as an individual, as a cousin, and as a child of God.
Twins
Director : LIM HYUNG KYU
South Korea | 2024 | 12 mins
* Lead Actors in Attendance
* International Premiere
Synopsis
This summer, a date you only imagined… becomes real? Reuniting with an ex after a year apart— but wait, there’s another boyfriend by your side? A story of a man caught between twin lovers.
At Least We Had This Moment
Director : JOSHUA DE VERA
Philippines | 2025 | 20 mins
* Director and Lead Actors in Attendance
* Hong Kong Premiere
Synopsis
In Old Manila, local guide Vince encounters film photographer Dino during their tour. Frustrated with revisiting the same spots, Dino proposes going off the itinerary with him for a special trip unseen by tourists. They explore Escolta together, reclaiming their spaces and discovering how third spaces have transformed through time.
International Lesbian Shorts: Circle of Life
How A River Is Born
Director : LUMA FLÔRES
Brazil | 2025 | 9 mins
* Asian Premiere
Synopsis
Ayla wakes in the mountains. Exploring the river and forest, she uncovers the world and herself.
Glimpse
Director : AXEL GONZÁLEZ
Mexico | 2025 | 13 mins
* Asian Premiere
Synopsis
Sofía and Laura have always been inseparable — just best friends. But everything shifts the night they rehearse Laura’s first kiss. From that moment on, they begin to question whether what they’ve felt all along was something more than friendship.
Two Travelling Aunties
Director : CHRISTINE SEOW
United Kingdom, Singapore | 2025 | 22 mins
* Director will greet the audience
* Hong Kong Premiere
Synopsis
Two spirited seniors ditch conventional living for van life, embracing adventure and the joy of living on their own terms.
I Stole Your Ashes
Director : FELIPE OLAYA MEZA
Colombia | 2024 | 23 mins
* Hong Kong Premiere
Synopsis
Isabel has become a widow at 65. After stealing the urn of ashes, Isabel takes refuge in a park to say goodbye to the love of her life, her wife, while remembering their story and reflecting on love and loss. Based on the presumption of heterosexuality, this story is a mirror. What prevents us from empathizing with those who love differently?
Farewell, Saranghae, Farewell
Director : HONG SUNHYE
Japan | 2024 | 26 mins
* Hong Kong Premiere
Synopsis
Hitomi and Naho are in love. When Naho leaves for Korea to chase her K-pop dream, Hitomi struggles with the loss.
U For Usha
Director : ROHAN KANAWADE
India | 2019 | 22 mins
Synopsis
Usha, a single mother who works as a farm labourer in rural India, feels drawn to a female teacher of a local primary school in the ways she never knew possible.
International Queer Shorts: Bitter Sweet Symphony
Abraham
Director : ELNAZ GHADERPOUR, REZA GAMINI
Iran | 2024 | 13 mins
* Hong Kong Premiere
Synopsis
A transsexual teenage boy named Abraham was murdered and burned in a cave out of a small village. The main suspect is his religious father who prays in a small mosque every day.
Pietra
Director : CYNTHIA LEVITAN
Spain, Portugal, Poland, Brazil, Lithuania | 2024 | 13 mins
* Hong Kong Premiere
Synopsis
In daydreaming about unlikely relationships, the flower – as delicate as it is revolutionary – represents an act of love amidst the suffocation and embrace of a classic Portuguese neighborhood.
Just Kim
Director : JAVIER PRIETO DE PAULA, DIEGO HERRERO
Spain | 2024 | 20 mins
* Hong Kong Premiere
Synopsis
Rose Kim is a trans teenager. Although they long for it, they’ve never expressed their gender identity and navigate life in their assigned female body. Maybe because they’re alone in a country where they migrated illegally. But mainly because they fear losing the only emotional connection that ties them to the world: Camila, a baby girl they care for daily.
Sweet Talkin’ Guy
Director : DYLAN WARDWELL, SPENCER WARDWELL
United States of America | 2025 | 5 mins
* Asian Premiere
Synopsis
A trans woman goes on three consecutive dates with straight men. As the men grapple with their fragile masculinity, their sexual identity unravels in a frantic monologue — ironically delivered to the object of their desire.
Wrong Bathroom
Director : RAGINI BHASIN
United States of America | 2023 | 9 mins
* Asian Premiere
Synopsis
When a transgender student enters the men’s restroom for the first time, he is pressured by his male classmates to fit in.
Liminality
Director : TESS BLIVEN
United States of America | 2025 | 14 mins
* Asian Premiere
Synopsis
In the summer of 2004, in Berkeley, California, queer teens Nina and Jay grapple with understanding Jay’s uncharted transgender identity amidst the throes of first love.
Rejoyce!
Director : DAVID LEDGER
United Kingdom | 2024 | 15 mins
* Director in Attendance
* Asian Premiere
Synopsis
After the death of her husband, an elderly vicar’s wife re-discovers a book of erotic fiction that she wrote in her youth.
When The Petals Fall
Director : TSOI KA HIN
Hong Kong | 2025 | 33 mins
* Director in Attendance
* World Premiere
Synopsis
An elderly man with pedophilia, struggles to spend a night with the boy next door who is left alone.
Hong Kong Heels
Director : ELIAS FRITZ, CARLOS LAUX Y SILIO
Germany, Hong Kong | 2025 | 22 mins
* Director in Attendance
* World Premiere
Synopsis
Pan lives two lives. He leads a solitary life in a traditional HK family. At night he transforms into the unapologetic drag queen Pansze Diva, building community and exploring their identity.
White Ballet Skirt
Director : TSOI YUN CHAK
Hong Kong | 2025 | 15 mins
* Director in Attendance
* World Premiere
Synopsis
A ten-year-old boy dreams of a white ballet skirt, but is unable to fulfill his wish due to fear of his father.
Cave
Director : TANG KWAN YEUNG OWEN
Hong Kong | 2025 | 23 mins
* Director in Attendance
* World Premiere
Synopsis
Nam is not going home tonight as he had an argument with his Mum so he enters a gay sauna for the first time then he meets Fei, who is there almost every day and addicted to sex.
Death To The Bikini!
Director : JUSTINE GAUTHIER
Canada | 2023 | 16 mins
* Hong Kong Premiere
Synopsis
Lili, a rebellious ten-year-old girl, has always bathed shirtless. When her parents impose a bikini top on her for an outing to the water park, she revolts: why should she hide her non-existent breasts when her friends, all boys, don’t have to?
Pentola
Director : LEO ČERNIC
Italy | 2022 | 7 mins
* Hong Kong Premiere
Synopsis
Pentola is a small, middle-aged man who leaves his wife Titti for Batman.
Jean Fell In Love
Director : ROMAIN ROELLET
France | 2022 | 20 mins
* Hong Kong Premiere
Synopsis
Jean is the prodigy hooker of his village’s rugby club. As his team defends its title, he falls madly in love with Ayoub, a player from the opposing team. The brotherly relationship he has with his teammates turns out to be more fragile than he thought.
Masquerade
Director : OLIVE NWOSU
Nigeria, United Kingdom | 2021 | 14 mins
* Hong Kong Premiere
Synopsis
On the day of the Egungun ritual, Salewa returns to Lagos to bury his mother. During the ceremony, she meets an acquaintance who forces her to deal with old wounds. A meditation on memory, identity and duty, on the many versions of ourselves that haunt and soothe us.
In The Wild
Director : MARCEL BARELLI
Switzerland | 2021 | 5 mins
* Hong Kong Premiere
Synopsis
In nature, a couple is a male and a female. Well, not always! A couple is also a female and a female. Or a male and a male. You may not know it, but homosexuality is not just a human story.
Two People Exchanging Saliva
Director : ALEXANDRE SINGH, NATALIE MUSTEATA
France, United States of America | 2024 | 36 mins
* Hong Kong Premiere
Synopsis
An absurd tragedy that takes place in a repressive society where kissing is punishable by death and where people pay for things by being slapped in the face. Angine, an unhappy woman, makes compulsive purchases in a department store. Here, she is fascinated by an ingenuous saleswoman. Despite the ban on kissing, the two get closer, arousing the suspicions of a jealous colleague.