The 2024 romantic comedy A Nice Indian Boy, directed by Roshan Sethi, centers around Naveen Gavaskar (Karan Soni), a highly educated, successful Indian-American doctor living in New York City. Naveen is the embodiment of his parents' expectations: he is responsible, polite, and has achieved a career that they can brag about in their tight-knit immigrant community. However, there’s one thing that sets him apart from his family’s ideals—he is gay.
The film is directed by David Joseph Craig and Brian Crano, both of whom bring their unique sensibilities to the project. Craig’s experience in writing and directing often involves sharp social observations, while Crano’s work tends to explore the complexities of human relationships with a mix of humor and emotional depth. Together, they’ve created a film that moves between multiple genres—comedy, horror, romance, and drama—blurring the lines in a way that keeps the audience on edge while still engaging them with character-driven moments.
"Jackpot" (2012), directed by Adam Baran, is a short, comedic coming-of-age film set in 1994 suburban New Jersey. It centers around 14-year-old Jack Hoffman, a closeted gay teenager struggling with his burgeoning sexuality in a pre-internet era, where information and representation were scarce.
Plot Overview:
Other People begins with David (Jesse Plemons), a young writer who has recently moved to New York City in pursuit of a career in television comedy. He’s successful in his professional life, having landed a job writing for a late-night comedy show. However, David’s personal life is in turmoil: his long-term relationship with his boyfriend, Aaron, has ended recently, leaving him emotionally adrift. David receives the heartbreaking news that his mother, Joanne (Molly Shannon), is nearing the end of her battle with cancer and decides to return to his family home in Sacramento, California, to care for her in her final days.
Thirteen or So Minutes (2008)
Thirteen or So Minutes is a provocative 14-minute independent short film directed by William Branden Blinn, exploring themes of sexuality, identity, and male intimacy. The story centers on two ostensibly heterosexual men, Lawrence Jefferies and Hugh Greerey, who meet by chance and experience a transformative encounter that challenges their understanding of their own desires .