Stripped for a Laugh!

Different aspects of homosexual romance are explored in this compendium of ten short vignettes encompassing a broad look at AIDS and range for the tale of a lesbian teen trying to come out to her parents, to a gay man who shocks his lover by claiming to be pregnant, to another man's reminiscence of a brief affair with an HIV-positive man.

When adulthood looms, naivety fades, and a whole new, strange world opens up. These four beguiling European stories, from acclaimed film festivals the world over, explore these years of youthful wonder with a deftness and artistry that lingers. The short films are: Ruins [Ruines] (2019); Aline (2019); Snake [Змија] (2020); The Touching [Dotýkání] (2020).

Set during the dog days of summer, a group of teenage boys inhabit a makeshift bike part in a secluded wooded area of Toronto. David (14) craves the attention of Peter (17), an older boy and a natural leader to the group, while being mercilessly teased by his best friend, John (14). When their hidden world is breached by an outsider, anger, fear and misunderstanding lead to a violent outburst.

Two men in a morning routine... a dance and no words.

Yoo Ni, a college freshman, goes on a blind date with Min Cheol, a senior. Though initially attracted, Yoo Ni later wants time apart. Her friend Hee Jin introduces her to Ah Ra, a skilled seductress, who trains Yoo Ni in sexual techniques.

Every day Paul crosses a canal that separates the Amsterdam city center from the north side, where his lover Christiaan lives and waits for him. A dear routine for both - until one day Paul meets Claire, who starts seducing him into her very own universe, the Hotel Paradijs. Claire makes Paul the audience of her own play: a play where the roles are reversed and into which Paul is undeniably drawn.

Manny is on the lam in Hollywood after accidentally killing a Police Detective while in the Valley. He attempts to convince his French girlfriend, Jacqueline, to run away with him to Paris but is only able to entice her younger brother, Sebastien, who wants to make a run for Mexico. Manny runs out of time and options as he goes down up high in the Hollywood Hills.

Seung-ha hasn't been married for a while..I am dissatisfied with my husband Dojin's sex because I am increasingly not satisfied. I start to doubt whether Dojin is having an affair. Father-in-law Hae-il loves Seung-ha, who is open and friendly. But that degree began to pass, and finally I started dreaming of having sex with Seung-ha. One day, Seung-hae Do-jin had a woman she met before marriage. You find out that you are still having an affair with her. So angry, Seungha decides to divorce...

The unexpected arrival of a Nigerian migrant in the Belgian countryside shakes up the fragile daily life of two men living a secret relationship.

When a poor student can’t pay his bill at a snack bar a mysterious woman pays it for him. She ends up taking a room at the boarding house where he lives. With her lively personality she becomes erotically involved with all the residents living there and helps with their various sexual problems.