coming of age
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Queerguru’s Robert Malcolm reviews SANDBAG DAM a superb coming-of-age drama that was nominated for the Teddy at the Berlinale
Marko, a popular, sporty teenager, lives with his family in a village in Croatia which is prone to flooding. He is in his last year at high school but has decided not to go to college in order to help his father start up a car repair business. He has a girlfriend Petra, and a…
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Queerguru’s Ris Fatah reviews HEART OF THE MAN ” life-affirming to see good quality First Nation queer stories being told”
Back to Australia with another coming-of-age queer drama. Heart of the Man explores the life of Queensland-based 18-year-old amateur boxer Chris Wundurra (Parker Little). Under the very watchful eye of the previously successful ex-boxer, ‘The Wonder Man’ now turned coach, father Sammy (David Cook), Chris is religiously training for his first proper fight. The…
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Queerguru’s Ris Fatah reviews SUNFLOWER a tough coming-of-age, coming-out drama from Australia
Australia’s rough, macho culture is examined from a queer perspective in Sunflower, a tough coming-of-age, coming-out drama set in the suburbs of Melbourne. Director/writer Gabriel Carrubba’s debut introduces us to Leo (Liam Mollica), a handsome, strapping seventeen-year-old high school student. His home is a working-class Greek-Italian household with his truck driver dad (Sal Galofaro), mum…
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Writer/director BENJAMIN HOWARD talks about his beautiful coming-of-age film RILEY
RILEY is a beautiful coming-of-age tale set in contemporary, suburban Southern California. Based on writer/director BENJAMIN HOWARD‘s own experiences as a high-school athlete who’s not out yet, he has been able to draw on all those angst-ridden situations we face as closeted teenagers. This is writer/director’s debut feature and he talked with Queerguru on…
