As far as the world is concerned, we will never exhaust the subject of love. Love lost. Love won. Love spurned. Love triumphant. We will not rest until every love story is told because as long as love exists, a story is inevitable. It is the catalyst for six billion different reactions in six billion different people ranging from bliss to security to depravity. While the characters in the following six films are wildly different, they are all lovers. All will go to extreme measures to keep their love alive--whether it is through their actions or in their imaginations. They prove that sometimes the idea of love alone can keep loneliness at bay.

TRT: 87 mins

One person's survival can mean tragedy for another. In this quiet moving film, an Indian shopkeeper in Queens decides that he cannot risk his livelihood for a pair of trysting lovers.

You can feel the caffeine at work at Café a la Hapa. Furtive glances, spilt creamers and violin concertos inspire wild romantic fantasies from one hapa to another.

When you're single, bored and living in LA, sometimes the right pair of yellow boxers is just what you need to jumpstart a little romance and adventure into your life.

A matchmaker takes on the global village and creates a business out of dating. Avie Luthra's faux documentary takes a wry look at South Asian Scots looking for love. The camera-shy need not apply.

A young Scottish man will go to great lengths for a date with his beloved--whether she realizes it or not.

Love in all its brutal forms. In his efforts to soothe his ailing wife, Harry walks in on a world of violence, absurdity and true love.