Purple Light

Private Low Zipeng finds himself highly entrapped in a regimental environment called the National Service, where being openly gay is detrimental to not just his future, but destructing his already hostile family relations. Yet, by twist of fate, he falls in love with his buddy. They struggle to work out this form of love that is new to both, while trying to keep it under wraps from their superior. As the story unfolds, Zipeng learns that what matters most is not whether people accept him for who he is, its how he accepts himself and accepts others’ for their judgment.

• Singapore