Surf, Sand and Sex

Tidal Wave

On Haeundae Beach, a guilt-ridden fisherman takes care of a woman whose father accidentally got killed. A scientist reunites with his ex-wife and a da

2009

Naked Wishes

After inheriting a trunk with a lantern in it, a man releases a beautiful genie named Samanthia. She starts granting his wishes and sexiness emerges a

2000

MER

A paralyzed girl finds difficulty living a normal life, so she participates in a ritual to metamorphize into a mermaid to replace her useless lower ha

2023

The Decameron

A young Sicilian is swindled twice, but ends up rich; a man poses as a deaf-mute in a convent of curious nuns; a woman must hide her lover when her hu

1971

Turtle Beach

Reporter Judith Wilkes leaves her husband and two sons in Sydney and goes to Malaysia to cover the story of the Vietnamese boat people. She becomes ro

1992

Bibingka Apoy Sa Ilalim Apoy Sa Ibabaw

Long years of separation have made sisters Loida and Lina strangers to each other. So much so that when cruel fate makes their paths cross anew, it is

2002

Nazi Love Camp 27

When World War II breaks out, two German lovers are cruelly separated. While he is sent to fight at the front, she, a Jewish girl, is sent to a concen

1977

Siew Lup

Mia, an ex-prostitute, is trapped in a loveless marriage with the abusive Quan (Sunny Pang, who also stars in Headshot in this year’s Festival lineup)

2017

I Like to Play Games

Michael is looking for a woman who likes to play games, but when he finds Suzanne, she might just be more than he bargained for.

1995

Tanya's Island

Tanya is a female model who lives with her boyfriend Lobo, a surrealist painter who is extremely violent. Subjected to Lobo's constant abuse, Tanya dr

1980

Lost Paradise

Kuki is a veteran newspaper reporter who has been shuffled off to a book-development branch and finds escape in an illicit relationship with Rinko. To

1997

Florence in Customer Care

A customer care representative at a furniture website begins to unravel as a mysterious rash appears on her body.

2024

How to Be a Slut in America

A three-part feature by Brian Jordan Alvarez An honest portrayal of a young man figuring out how he wants to live out his romantic and sexual life.

2017

Ashes

Christian, a young man from the city, travels to a town in Zaragoza, Spain of his recently-deceased father to throw his ashes and give a final farewel

2021

Ecstasy

ECSTASY is a contemporary and relevant film about how drugs transcend all borders of society and affect every facet of our lives. But when it leaves i

2011

Meat

A young woman is awakened to a world of cruelty, shadowy passions and sensuality.

2010

Godspeed Benjamin

An emotional film about how we respond to tragedy.

2021

The Beautiful, the Bloody, and the Bare

An artist and his wife hold art classes using nude models. Their photographer friend Pete returns from two years in Europe, and they try to convince h

1964

Tomorrow is Today

At the New Jersey shore, young Julie Peterson (Scout Taylor-Compton) saves the life of a drifter who's on the skids. Going one further, Julie resolves

2008

Lips of Lurid Blue

Elli and Marco are an unquestionably unusual wedded couple. Due to a damage as a kid, Marco harbors homosexual drives that he represses inside his mar

1975