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Blossoming Hearts

Aiji, 25, is a professional companion-paid to provide friendship with strict boundaries: no sex, no money lending, and no emotional entanglements. When he meets Adam, a 27-year-old high-powered businessman starved of real human connection, the lines between professionalism and desire begin to blur.

  • Naphat Boonyaprapa
    Director
    Gold-Break, Red Black Green
  • Naphat Boonyaprapa
    Writer
    Gold-Break, Red Black Green
  • Keith Allott
    Producer
  • Jen Cale
    Producer
    Red Black Green, Yellow Wallpaper
  • Jai Mann
    Producer
    Gold-Break, Red Black Green, Yellow Wallpaper
  • Ivan Biryushev
    Producer
    Gold-Break, Red Black Green
  • Gabriel Gil Sanllehi
    Key Cast
    "Aiji"
  • Ken Fillion
    Key Cast
    "Adam"
  • Project Type:
    Short
  • Genres:
    Romance, Drama, LGBTQ+
  • Runtime:
    14 minutes 50 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    April 15, 2025
  • Production Budget:
    1,000 GBP
  • Country of Origin:
    United Kingdom
  • Country of Filming:
    United Kingdom
  • Language:
    English
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Aspect Ratio:
    1.85:1
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
  • Digital Cinema Package:
    Unavailable
Director Biography - Naphat Boonyaprapa

Naphat "Naps" Boonyaprapa is the Founder of Elevate Film Collective. This recently developed organisation specialises in creating and showing short films with story and meaning. His debut short "Gold-Break" was shown at several film festivals around the world and won best First Time filmmaker at Screenpower Film Festival. He then worked on a documentary about table tennis superstar, Connor Green in "Red Black Green". This documentary won several film festivals around the globe. This was picked up by the Table Tennis Governing body "Table Tennis England" for their streaming site.

He has recently collaborated with award winning directors Bird Bros Productions (Rafe & Michael Bird) in a new medieval short "Lazar". As well as new first time filmmaker, Nicolas Georgiou on his debut film "House-keeping".

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Director Statement

Blossoming Hearts was a mixture of inspirations from different cultures and tidbits of information I got from friends in the LGBTQ+ community, mixed with the idea of friendship. The line between a good friendship and a relationship is fragile, with many believing that they are the same. This film explores that to the extreme. It takes a man's understanding of love and challenges the terms of the relationship to the extreme, where feelings aren't supposed to be involved. The pacing of the film with the dialogue was extremely important to me, and I hope it translates into a good short film that you hopefully feel.
Enjoy,
Naps