Even If (2022)

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In both of these Thai films, we explore the story of a lesbian main character and her high school sweetheart. Due to different pressures, the two split up and reunite several years down the line - with her still in love with her ex, but her ex having moved on.

In both of these short films, we see a tale of school bullying involving a lesbian character (a main character in Even If, and support character in Kalanchoe) that results in an abrupt end to the relationship as the character decides to leave rather than confront the bullying.

Journey to the Shore is significantly more depressing due to the open-to-interpretation conclusion. But both of these LGBTQ+ short films explore a same-sex couple who is subject to high school bullying on behalf of their identity. The bullying spans violence and harassment, with one main character falling into a relatively apathetic state of accepting the bullying as unavoidable.

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The conclusions are also pretty similar - with one of the leads being unreachable after an emotional and intimate night together, and then a time skip into adulthood.