Under the personal isolation of lockdown most of our thoughts have turned to those we can no longer socialise with. New Queer Visions Media has brought together five tales from Mexico, Brazil, France, the Netherlands and the UK to prove that the search for companionship is a journey worth taking .In My Mother’s Lovers we meet 2 schoolboy friends one of whom feels awakening feelings towards the other.
Cesar is moody and unresponsive to his mother whose string of lovers visit their home. Pablo – described rather cruelly as Cesar’s “ best friend- your only friend”, doesn’t really reciprocate but things take a more dramatic turn when Pablo joins the string of mother’s lovers.The French film Bootyful is a thin story about two partying girls.