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Two Brothers
This moving gay family drama proves the success of digital video and the tenacity of a young aspiring filmmaker who spent only $545 Canadian dollars to make this witty film. Twenty-something cutey-pie Riley moves from his small town to Vancouver to live with his brother Chad (Cody Campbell) after the death of his mother. While driving to the big city he picks up cute hitchhiker Gavin, whom we meet later as Riley's first adult love. Tall, lanky and excited, Riley is quickly confronted by his now distant brother, who was estranged from the family for years. But while they attempt to reconnect and resolve their guarded familial emotions, Riley is also interested in exploring his gay sexuality in the big city.
Along the way he bonds with Tobie, Chad’s cute girlfriend and later has his first love affair with Gavin. This film, with a compelling story, excellent and relaxed acting, gels in a way many big-budget features never do. The romance and pain are real - the faux-pas have happened to all of us. Recommended, if only as a lesson for Hollywood - tell us a good story - save a few bucks.

How did he make a film so cheaply? "With a lot of friendship and a small number of people…there are four actors, one editor, a composer and that’s it. And me, who did everything else."

--Raymond Murray

Birthday Time
Christopher is three days away from his eighteenth birthday and desperate to get his first gay kiss. His best friend and crush, Jonathan, isn't willing or ready to pucker up, so after school Christopher sneaks into the neighborhood gay bar, Flapjax. There he almost gets his smooch from a drunk, frisky middle-aged man in the bathroom, but thanks to the bartender is booted out first. All seems lost until Christopher's mother announces that she's leaving town for the weekend and has arranged for a guardian to stay over – Tom, a married-with-children sort who happens to be the guy from Flapjax. With a determined teen in one corner, and a confused closet case with skewed mores in another, the struggle for a birthday kiss REALLY begins...

Cruise Control
Josh is one of the hottest guys at the Flapjax nightclub. With his worked-out body and striking looks, he can get anyone he wants. But he usually goes home alone. Why? Because when he sees someone he wants, he makes a wierd face from hell which sends prospective tricks/boyfriends running away, horrified and creeped out. But on this one particular evening he might encounter someone special, someone who may be willing to take home the whole package. Features appearances by David Drake, Kelvin Walker and Anthony Rapp.