'Slanted': If You Can't Beat Them, Be Them
A dynamic journey of self-acceptance and identity.

Kominato Yotsuba's first full-scale drama AV! Riho, a female college student who moved to Tokyo from Nagasaki and is living alone for the first time. One morning, just as she was getting used to college life, she wakes up to find a strange boy (Kenji) next to her! Riho is attracted to Kenji, who is sadistic and forceful... and from that day on, their naughty life together begins. A youthful reality work about a couple climbing the steps to adulthood.
A dynamic journey of self-acceptance and identity.
When you think of the horror genre, the LGBTQ+ community is probably one of the last things you think of. However, horror is much more queer-coded than you may think.
Tara Thorne’s film is equal parts emotional and comedic, illustrating the beauty and the pain of long term relationships.
Alongside A Drowning Man, I Signed The Petition, 3 Logical Exits, and A World Not Ours, A Man Returned continues to paint a realistic portrait of the Refugee Crisis that eschews the Western gaze and stereotype. These are real portraits painted by a director with lived experience, cultural connection and an amazing eye for visuals.
At least we got the original cast back, right? Not even that saves it. None of them could bring a sliver of hope to this special. Rather, they bring dread as we witness the light leaving from their eyes.