Are We Lost Forever

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skool

Are We Lost Forever follows two young men who may have come to the end of their long-term relationship.

For Hampus (Jonathan Andersson), breaking up with Adrian (Björn Elgerd) is a good thing. He’s happy to veer away from the destructive path that their relationship had been taking. For Adrian, it’s quite the opposite. He’s devastated to lose his lover and will stop at nothing to win him back. The fallout of their break-up is divided into stages of desperate attempts to reunite, as well as rebounds that sometimes push them further apart and sometimes bring them closer together.

This feature-length debut from award-winning short film director David Fardmar is a poignant, sexy and bittersweet romantic drama.

dj poolboi

beats,

rhymes

& life

Don't Be So Hard On Yourself, new music from dj poolboi.

Chima

beats, rhymes & life

rewound: 2019

1995, deliciously atmospheric, late night city vibes from Chima.

Tedy

beats,

rhymes

& life

War, new music from Montreal artist Tedy.

His debut EP, also titled Boys Don't Cry, is out now.

When you start to live outside yourself, it's all dangerous

m a s s   i n

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Hong Kong Boyfriend

beats,

rhymes

& life

"Let’s hold each other’s noses and / See how long it takes to drown / I don’t ever want to come back up..."

Cold Waters, new music from Hong Kong Boyfriend.

Why, darling, I don't live at all when I'm not with you

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Tedy

beats,

rhymes

& life

Boys Don't Cry, electrifying new music from Montreal artist Tedy. Strap yourself in - it's going to be a bump ride.

His debut EP, also titled Boys Don't Cry, is out now.

Jairus

beats,

rhymes

& life

My Way, new music from Jairus.

All my life I've looked at words as though I were seeing them for the first time

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m o t i o n

Ricky Merino

beats,

rhymes

& life

Smalltown Boy, new music from Ricky Merino.

Live the full life of the mind, exhilarated by new ideas, intoxicated by the romance of the unusual

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m o t i o n

Jimmy Console

beats,

rhymes

& life

Oh Daddy!, new music from Jimmy Console.

Now is no time to think of what you do not have. Think of what you can do with that there is

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Doug Locke

beats,

rhymes

& life

Why?, new music from Doug Locke.

His new EP, Why? (Lunar II), is out now. Find more Locke at KAOS.

We're stronger in the places that we've been broken

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Song Lang

film

skool

Set in a richly imagined 1980s Saigon, Song Lang is both a gritty underworld noir and an operatic romance.

An unlikely bond develops between hunky, brooding Dung (Lien Binh Phat), a tough debt collector for a ruthless loan shark, and Linh Phung (popular V-pop singer Isaac), a charismatic young opera singer. The two meet when Dung comes to forcefully collect a debt from the struggling opera troupe. But when their paths cross again, a deep friendship develops, awakening romantic feelings in both men.

Making his feature-length debut, Vietnamese director Leon Le serves up a uniquely lush melodrama, teasing a smoldering relationship between two apparent opposites set against the backdrop of a gorgeous art form as it fades out of fashion.

I loved you when I saw you today and I loved you always but I never saw you before

m a s s   i n

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Young Hunter

film

skool

A tense new thriller from acclaimed writer-director Marco Berger, Young Hunter follows Ezequiel, a fifteen year old boy on the cusp of his sexual awakening. While his parents are away, he meets a handsome, slightly older guy named Mono and quickly starts a relationship.

Mono invites him to his cousin's villa to spend a weekend together, but while returning from the trip Mono seemingly disappears, no longer responding to texts. Ezequiel is surprised and confused until Chino, Mono's cousin, sends him a hidden camera video of their sexual encounter, blackmailing him into participating in an increasingly dangerous criminal conspiracy. Against his own will, Ezequiel must decide whether to come clean or turn from prey to hunter.

We ate well and cheaply and drank well and cheaply and slept well and warm together and loved each other

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Zeke Forever

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rhymes

& life

Habit, new music from Zeke Forever.

I may not be as strong as I think, but I know many tricks and I have resolution

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Tom Goss

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rhymes

& life

Amsterdam, new music from Tom Goss.

Let him think that I am more man than I am and I will be so

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Cor.ece

beats,

rhymes

& life

No More, new music from Cor.ece.

Barazoku

art

skool

No one you love is ever truly lost

m a s s   i n

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José

film

skool

Winner of multiple awards, including the Queer Lion from the 75th Annual Venice Film Festival, José is a gripping, layered and beautifully honest story about one working class young man's struggle to find himself.

Made in the neorealist filmmaking tradition, the film is a nuanced and vivid look at being gay in Central America. José (magnetic newcomer Enrique Salanic) lives with his mother (Ana Cecilia Mota) in Guatemala City, where they survive on her selling sandwiches at bus stops and with him working at a local restaurant. It is a poor and sometimes dangerous country where, dominated by conservative Catholic and Evangelical Christian religion, living one's life as an openly gay man is hard for José to imagine.

His mother has never had a husband, and as her youngest and favorite child, though at the edge of manhood at 19-years old, she is determined to hold on to him. Reserved and private, José fills his free moments playing with his phone... and engaging in random sex with other men arranged via street corners and dating apps. When he meets attractive and gentle Luis (Manolo Herrera), a migrant from the rural Caribbean coast, they pursue an unexpected relationship with more emotion than José had never imagined possible. He is thrust into new levels of passion, pain and self-reflection that push him to rethink his life - even as he is reluctant to take a leap of faith.

ZednRay

beats,

rhymes

& life

Je ne Respire Plus, new music from ZednRay.

I am always in love

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John Duff

beats,

rhymes

& life

Hokie Pokie, new music from John Duff.

I like to listen. I have learned a great deal from listening carefully. Most people never listen

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Nick Pes

beats,

rhymes

& life

I Want You, new music from Nick Pes.

We are all broken—that’s how the light gets in

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m o t i o n

Jacob Banks

beats,

rhymes

& life

Stranger, new music from Jacob Banks.

I didn't want to kiss you goodbye — that was the trouble — I wanted to kiss you good night — and there's a lot of difference

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m o t i o n

Cazwell

beats,

rhymes

& life

Ice Cream Truck 2020, new music from Cazwell.

Noxsatvrn

art

skool

Isn't it pretty to think so

m a s s   i n

m o t i o n

A Chequered Romance

word!

What happens when the Prime Minister of Great Britain falls in love with an African Revolutionary Leader?

After having a brief relationship during their University days at Oxford, George and Masimba go their separate ways. A decade passes. George works his way up the slippery political ladder, becoming Prime Minister at the spectacularly young age of 29. Masimba, on the other hand, returns to his homeland of Zimbabwe to forge his own political career, eventually becoming opposition leader and fighting for the freedom of his people. 

Civil war ensues in Zimbabwe, and George watches from Britain as his ex-boyfriend’s life hangs in the balance. Concerned for Masimba’s safety, and harbouring a pent-up desire to meet him again, George arranges for Masimba to be granted exile in the Ethiopian Embassy in Britain. Masimba reluctantly agrees, but as he arrives in London, he realises that his feelings for George are still strong.

George’s decision to help Masimba is not popular. He has to contend with disapproval from the tabloid press, the King of England and from the President of the United States, no less. And he also faces a threat to his Premiership from political rivals who smell blood. Both the Chancellor of the Exchequer and the Foreign Secretary manoeuvre themselves into position to oust George as PM. To make matters worse, George’s secret love affair with the Chancellor has recently ended acrimoniously.

What George wants more than anything else is to meet up with Masimba again, and rekindle their romance. And when an opportunity arises for them to spend a weekend together at the Prime Minister’s private residence, Chequers, George seizes the moment and Masimba gladly accepts his invitation. 

Against all odds, will romance succeed at Chequers?

A Chequered Romance (The Chequered Romance Series - Book 1), a novel by Lawson Brook.

Lawson Brook was born in 1977, and lives in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England. His debut novel, Murder Oblivion, is available now.

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