Written and directed by Albert, The Commitment will be available on GagaOOLala, the leading global Asian streaming platform for LGBTQ+, BL, and GL content, at this link starting December 3, 2025.

Subtitles for the film are available in English, Chinese, Indonesian, Vietnamese, Thai, Japanese, Korean, French, German, Spanish, Portuguese, and Hindi.

Based in Taiwan, the first country in Asia to legalize same-sex marriage, GagaOOLala is a fully LGBTQ+ owned and operated platform dedicated to bringing legally licensed, premium LGBTQ+, BL, and GL content and original productions to audiences worldwide.

The Commitment stars Albert and Jason Lane Fenton as gay adoptive parents, Mary Niederkorn as the social worker facilitating the adoption, and Kerri Patterson as the Asian-American birthmother. Richard Propes of The Independent Critic writes, “Emotional resonance, joy and heartbreak… indeed, this is a film that would be difficult to pull off if not for its tremendously talented cast.” The film has screened at over 50 film festivals on six continents and won multiple awards, most notably edging out Oscar®-nominated Moonrise Kingdom to win a 2013 NASW Media Award. The film is produced by Albert M. Chan, Richard Possemato, Aaron Howland, and Seth Howland.

“EMOTIONAL RESONANCE, JOY AND HEARTBREAK… INDEED, THIS IS A FILM THAT WOULD BE DIFFICULT TO PULL OFF IF NOT FOR ITS TREMENDOUSLY TALENTED CAST.”
–Richard Propes (The Independent Critic)

“A FINE DRAMATIC FILM WITH SOME SOFT, ALMOST DEADPAN COMEDIC MOMENTS.”
–Mark Bell (Film Threat)

“WHILE ANY DESCRIPTION OF THIS MOVIE WILL SOUND TRITE AND SIMPLE, THERE’S NOTHING SIMPLE ABOUT THIS FILM. FILLED WITH A DEPTH OF EMOTION, THE COMMITMENT IS REALLY A TALE OF LOVE AND WHAT YOU’LL GO THROUGH FOR IT.”
–Brian Morton (Rogue Cinema)