PAPERWINGS

Jun 6, 2026

0h 6m

★ 0.0

Fly or Fall

Overview

In a cramped apartment that feels like it’s collapsing in on itself, two young men try to outrun addiction and each other. Jay is fighting for sobriety. Alex is fighting not to feel. When pills resurface between them, what starts as a familiar argument spirals into a breaking point that tests the limits of love, loyalty, and survival. Paperwings is an intimate, claustrophobic portrait of codependency, recovery, and the fragile hope of choosing to live.

Genres

Drama

Romance

Production Companies

AMDA Production

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Cast

Alex

Trey Amir Curry

Jay

Bryce Benjamin

A love left unsaid on the football field, a third invite to a high-rise tête-à-tête, a fast-approaching farewell and a friendship that evolves into something complicated. Lose yourself in these five stories from France that are handled with grace, maturity and a tender touch. The 5 short films are: 9th Floor to the Right [9ème étage droite] (2022); Hugo: 6:30 [Hugo : 18h30] (2020); Cary & James (2023); For the Love of the Game [Pour l'amour du jeu] (2023); Youssou & Malek [Youssou et Malek] (2022).

3.6

Adonis X

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At the height of finishing a commissioned art piece Dan, a struggling visual artist discovers that his creation named Adonis X, can magically come to life. Forming a strong bond between them, Adonis X became Dan's confidante. But what if this friendship blooms into something more than meets the eye? Can both of them resist the growing "bromance " between them?

0.0

DINNER

Dec 12, 2024

A closeted young woman runs into her girlfriend at the same restaurant where her family is, and both of her worlds unexpectedly collide.

1.0

I'm Not Gay : A Musical

Mar 10, 2023

Plagued by a hidden childhood trauma that is destroying his life, an obsessive-compulsive MMA fighter moves to Fire Island and pretends to be gay in order to buy the house of his dreams and exorcise his demons.

0.0

Clutter

Oct 23, 2025

Jean has a no nonsense attitude to both her cleaning job and her affluent clientele. But faced with the aftermath of a grieving drag queen’s night of hedonism, she is forced to confront the pain of her own loss, and the repercussions of a deep rooted prejudice. Clutter examines how loss affects us all, whether gay, straight or trans, and how we find the strength to move forward.

7.1

Just Friends

May 25, 2019

Joris is trying to come to terms with his broken family relationships on the 10th anniversary of his father’s death when he meets the free-spirited, Yad. Also dealing with family issues, Yad has returned home to The Netherlands after living on his own. Joris and Yad spark an instant connection and decide they want to be more than “just friends,” but fear their families could threaten their relationship.

7.3

American Fiction

Nov 10, 2023

A novelist fed up with the establishment profiting from "Black" entertainment uses a pen name to write a book that propels him into the heart of hypocrisy and the madness he claims to disdain.

5.8

Crazy All These Years

Jun 1, 2017

Worn out from his life in New York, Ben returns home to take care of his dying mother, only to rediscover the reasons he left. Picking up their contentious relationship, Ben tries to muddle through his mother’s every day demands as well as the unresolved feelings he left behind. His only solace comes from the rekindled relationships with his neighbor Lori and her hunky brother Joe, who has since turned straight after Ben broke his heart. Can Ben mend these wounds and return to his old life? Or will he leave again, this time for good?

5.9

Tiresia

May 20, 2003

Based on the legend of Tiresias, it tells of a transgender woman who is kidnapped by a man and left to die in the woods. She is then saved by a family and receives the gift of telling the future.

5.3

Bizarre

Feb 7, 2015

Maurice, a reticent young homeless man, somehow manages to get by in Brooklyn; he spends his nights in parked cars until he finds himself at Bizarre, an underground club renowned for its burlesque shows. Maurice is fascinated by the club’s playful revues celebrating self-determined sexuality and creative otherness, and the two female club owners both adore him. He soon becomes a part of their self-selected family, and begins to bond with introverted Luka. But Maurice turns his back on Luka’s growing affection. Running away from his true emotions he drifts aimlessly through the city. He tries to find his feet at a boxing club, where he meets Charlie. Unable to withstand the pressure of his repressed feelings, Maurice unleashes a mounting foment of emotions, pervaded by tenderness and menace.

7.7

Sound of Metal

Nov 20, 2020

Metal drummer Ruben begins to lose his hearing. When a doctor tells him his condition will worsen, he thinks his career and life is over. His girlfriend Lou checks the former addict into a rehab for the deaf hoping it will prevent a relapse and help him adapt to his new life. After being welcomed and accepted just as he is, Ruben must choose between his new normal and the life he once knew.

6.2

I Promise You Anarchy

Aug 9, 2015

Miguel and Johnny know each other since childhood. They are dedicated to skate and have fun. To earn easy money and continue skating, they sell their own blood to a clandestine contact in a hospital. The activity becomes business until a large transaction is not as they imagined.

6.5

Departures

Apr 17, 2026

It’s instant chemistry when Benji encounters Jake at an airport departures gate. Their on-going relationship unfolds through intimate trips to Amsterdam, revealing a complex power dynamic.

0.0

Degenerate

Mar 4, 1978

A drug addict falls under the care of his connection and his two daughters. While in rehabilitation one day he comes across an old love interest of his, who is engaged and living a happy life. Feeling the need to get back at her, he conspires with one of the daughters to pull a prank on the new couple, but instead come across a web of deception in the process.

3.3

S.A.M.

Mar 22, 2020

Two young men form a connection on the swings of their local park.

3.3

Lukas by the Sea

Apr 6, 2016

During a seemingly endless night, a young man attempts to find a real connection with whomever he encounters.

0.0

Don't Eat Your Toast In My Bed

Feb 3, 2025

Malcolm and Haze are together. They can’t stand each other. They have a school year to go, as classmates.

7.0

Mayfly

Feb 6, 2025

Emilia is a teenager with the ability to see people who are about to die shine. Always lonely and focused on the future, she is faced with reality when she sees a schoolmate shine, at the same time that she begins a love relationship with Renata, who will finally lead her to appreciate her present.

3.3

Bonhomme

Aug 12, 2021

A dare led a rugby player to kiss his receptive waiter, which led to his first intimate night with a man. He woke with the possibility of a meaningful romance, but circumstances may not be as he thought.

0.0

Untitled Bush Film

Dec 12, 2025

After a first date, two women find themselves in a magical hairy situation.

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