"Asian Queer Shorts" is a sexy collection of the best of Asian gay male short films from the famed Frameline International Lesbian & Gay Film Festival in San Francisco. The DVD is filled with cinematic treats from many Asian countries along with films from the UK and USA.

"Still" -- Lucky Kuswandi 2005 15 min. Indonesia/USA

No dialogue in this beautifully contemplative short, an isolated gay teenager (Jason Woo) runs away from home to escape the idle stillness of his life and make sense of his relationship to his absent father. Desperate for human connection, he aimlessly roams the empty streets of a small beach town. ( ... )

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"Last Full Show" -- Mark Reyes 2005 18 min. Philippines

A young boy from a wealthy family sneaks into a movie theater, meeting a man who becomes his mentor and first crush. Together they experience life’s simple pleasures -- bus rides, street vendors and companionship.

"Dissolution of Bodies" -- Kevin Choi 2007 13 min. USA

During one intense night of intellectual and physical passion, two stranger attempt to defy the fleeting nature of desire. Will their forbidden union create a lasting romance or just another one night stand?

"A Crimson Mark" -- Hyun-Jin Park 2004 13 min. South Korea

Set during the Chosun Dynasty during a political shift in power, a Chancellor falls in love with a clerk as the Academy debates the authority of the child King’s stepmother.

"Yellow Fever" -- Raymond Yeung 1998 26 min. UK

A chance encounter with his new Chinese neighbor turns Monty’s search for his "white knight" upside down. Denying his unfamiliar feelings of attraction for an Asian man, he tries desperately, and awkwardly, to find the "perfect" man, but cannot escape a long overdue look at his own inferiority complex. With much humor and a dash of camp, "Yellow Fever" is an offbeat portrayal of gay Chinese subculture in a European-dominated society.