Gio Potes Movies, TV Shows, and Filmography
Gio Potes
Writing
Biography
A cultural worker and gender rights advocate and trainer from the University of the Philippines Diliman. A graduate of the UP Film Institute, he is active in film and theatrical works particularly with The UP Repertory Company, the UP Dulaang Laboratoryo, Tag-Ani Performing Arts Society and Ang mga Baklang Kanal. He has also created five short films that focus on narratives about the LGBTQIA++ community.
Filmography Movies
Acting
The Revolution Knows No Gender
With his family life in shambles amidst the government's war on drugs, a young man transitions from being an ordinary filmmaker to being a full-fledged member of the revolutionary movement, proving that conviction knows no gender.
Again
After the EDSA People Power Revolution, two unnamed male lovers meet in a particular room reminiscing about their lives after one of them was taken away by armed men during the Philippines’ Martial Law period. The disappeared talks of violence and life under captivity, while the other one talks of his life waiting and searching. The story unfolds towards their decisions on how they’d like to pursue their relationship given the circumstances, hopefully towards a more peaceful time together again.
Mark & Lenny
Ren, a gay college student, half-halfheartedly lets go of his activist suitor Lenny, believing that his rebel partner is still alive despite rumors that their group has been ambushed.
Production
Again
After the EDSA People Power Revolution, two unnamed male lovers meet in a particular room reminiscing about their lives after one of them was taken away by armed men during the Philippines’ Martial Law period. The disappeared talks of violence and life under captivity, while the other one talks of his life waiting and searching. The story unfolds towards their decisions on how they’d like to pursue their relationship given the circumstances, hopefully towards a more peaceful time together again.
When I Wallowed in a Bowl of Sunshine
Two trans-folx friends, together with their dog and plants, grieve for and with each other during a 14-day quarantine period.
Again
After the EDSA People Power Revolution, two unnamed male lovers meet in a particular room reminiscing about their lives after one of them was taken away by armed men during the Philippines’ Martial Law period. The disappeared talks of violence and life under captivity, while the other one talks of his life waiting and searching. The story unfolds towards their decisions on how they’d like to pursue their relationship given the circumstances, hopefully towards a more peaceful time together again.
Julie
During the annual pandemic season, a "callboy" performs cybersex while working as a caretaker for a house owned by a Chinese landlord, and reminiscing life before the pandemic - particularly a short warm moment with a trans woman, Julie.
Julie
During the annual pandemic season, a "callboy" performs cybersex while working as a caretaker for a house owned by a Chinese landlord, and reminiscing life before the pandemic - particularly a short warm moment with a trans woman, Julie.
Burn the Closet!
After a tragedy falls onto a local slipper factory, a beautician rescues a factory worker who managed to escape the fire. As they heal each other’s wounds from past and present, they ponder on their own prisons of closets – the worker in the inhumane factory and the beautician in their own conservative Catholic home. The two end up with a unified solution... BURN THE CLOSET!
Burn the Closet!
After a tragedy falls onto a local slipper factory, a beautician rescues a factory worker who managed to escape the fire. As they heal each other’s wounds from past and present, they ponder on their own prisons of closets – the worker in the inhumane factory and the beautician in their own conservative Catholic home. The two end up with a unified solution... BURN THE CLOSET!
Mark & Lenny
Ren, a gay college student, half-halfheartedly lets go of his activist suitor Lenny, believing that his rebel partner is still alive despite rumors that their group has been ambushed.
Mark & Lenny
Ren, a gay college student, half-halfheartedly lets go of his activist suitor Lenny, believing that his rebel partner is still alive despite rumors that their group has been ambushed.
Dating Nick
Nicolas Deocampo--a prominent Filipino filmmaker, academic, historian and activist--goes down memory lane in this intimate vignette and paints through his piercing poetry and gripping visual images—the wins of the LGBTQIA movement as he retells his own struggle in finding love and belonging.
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