A young, gay, Filipino, Jazz is in love with a middle-aged German man and is about to marry him. He is excited to be waiting at the airport for his fiance flying to the Philippines to meet his parents for the first time. He is, however, also worried that his fiance will not come. This excitement and anxiety are the consistent emotions shown throughout Jazz in Love. Jazz’s family say they understand his sexual identity and his choice to marry a foreigner, but their prejudices and biases keep surfacing. Meanwhile, Theo, the fiance, becomes exhausted with Jazz’s indecisiveness and his family’s outward decorum. Their hearts pounded with love when they were apart but they start to pound with anxiety as their relationship confronts reality. Jazz in Love starts with the whisper of sweet love but doubt develops. Jazz seems to see the life in Germany as the exit from his poverty in the Philippines. While it keeps emphasising love beyond borders, the film also deals with the uneasy economic stratum and social issues. (CHO Young-jung)