BOYS ON FILM comes of age with ten uplifting and powerful tales recounting the lives of everyday heroes fighting for their own identities and the right for us all to be ourselves. This selection includes the powerful docudrama The Colour Of His Hair starring Josh O Connor (God s Own Country), the breath-taking Egyptian animation Half A Life, An Evening, the touching sequel to An Afternoon (from Boys On Film 14), and Iris Prize 2017 winner, Mother Knows Best. TEN SHORT FILMS DANIEL (UK, 2015, 14 mins) Directed by Dean Loxton. Starring Henry Garrett (Poldark) BUDDY (The Netherlands, 2015, 12 mins) Directed by Niels Bourgonje HALF A LIFE (Egypt, Indonesia, USA, Netherlands, 2017, 12mins) Directed by Tamara Shogaolu UNDRESS ME (Sweden, 2013, 15 mins) Directed by Victor Lindgren. THE COLOUR OF HIS HAIR (UK, 2017, 23 mins) Directed by Sam Ashby. Starring BAFTA-nominated Josh O Connor (God s Own Country) SILLY GIRL (UK, 2016, 5 mins) Directed by Hope Dickson Leach (The Levelling). Starring Clara Baxendale (My Mad Fat Diary) and Jason Barker (A Deal with the Universe). AN EVENING (Denmark, 2016, 10 mins) Directed by Søren Green AIDS: DOCTORS AND NURSES TELL THEIR STORIES (UK, 2017, 26 mins) Directed by Alejandro Medina IT S CONSUMING ME (Germany, 2012, 3 mins) Directed by Kai Staenicke (B. Golden) MOTHER KNOWS BEST (Sweden, 2016, 13 mins) Directed by Mikael Bundsen
Best known for his chilling international hit Nightwatch, Ole Bornedal is at his genre filmmaking best in this harrowing allegory on hatred in an archetypal small Danish town.In search of a new lifestyle, Johannes and his wife leave the city and move with their two children to Johannes' childhood town in the country. Violence erupts when drunken truck driver Lars, Johanne's brother, runs over a local woman and pins the blame on the town's Bosnian refugee. When Johannes stands up for the man and gives him shelter, Lars and his friends head for Johannes' secluded house, armed with a shotgun and boundless rage...
Best known for his chilling international hit Nightwatch, Ole Bornedal is at his genre filmmaking best in this harrowing allegory on hatred in an archetypal small Danish town.In search of a new lifestyle, Johannes and his wife leave the city and move with their two children to Johannes' childhood town in the country. Violence erupts when drunken truck driver Lars, Johanne's brother, runs over a local woman and pins the blame on the town's Bosnian refugee. When Johannes stands up for the man and gives him shelter, Lars and his friends head for Johannes' secluded house, armed with a shotgun and boundless rage...
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