Boys on Film 18: Heroes

Apr 18, 2018

2h 13m

★ 4.5

Overview

Boys On Film comes of age with uplifting and powerful tales recounting the lives of everyday heroes striving for their own identities and fighting for the right for us all to be ourselves. Volume 18: Heroes includes ten complete films: Dean Loxton's "Dániel" starring Csémy Balázs, Hilda Péter, and Henry Garrett… Niels Bourgonje's "Buddy" starring Daniel Cornelissen and Tobias Nierop… Tamara Shogaolu's animated "Half A Life"… Victor Lindgren's "Undress Me" starring Jana Bringlöv Ekspong and Björn Elgerd… Sam Ashby's "The Colour Of His Hair" starring Sean Hart and Josh O'Connor… Hope Dickson Leach's "Silly Girl" starring Ciara Baxendale, Mollie Lambert, and Jason Barker… Søren Green's "An Evening" starring Jacob Ottensten and Ulrik Windfeldt-Schmidt… Alejandro Medina's documentary "AIDS: Doctors And Nurses Tell Their Stories"… Kai Stänicke's "It's Consuming Me" with Volkmar Leif Gilbert… and Mikael Bundsen's "Mother Knows Best" starring Alexander Gustavsson and Hanna Ullerstam.

Genres

Drama

Documentary

Animation

Romance

Production Companies

Peccadillo Pictures

Boys on Film 18: Heroes Trailers

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Cast

Daniel (segment "Dániel")

Csémy Balázs

Nori (segment "Dániel")

Hilda Péter

Agi (segment "Dániel")

Éva Magyar

Neomi (segment "Dániel")

Mimi Kovacs

András (segment "Dániel")

Ádám Tompa

Tom (segment "Dániel")

Henry Garrett

Jeroen (segment "Buddy")

Daniel Cornelissen

Chris (segment "Buddy")

Tobias Nierop

Mikaela (segment "Undress Me")

Jana Bringlöv Ekspong

Han (segment "Undress Me")

Björn Elgerd

John (segment "The Colour Of His Hair")

Sean Hart

Peter (segment "The Colour Of His Hair")

Josh O'Connor

Young sprinter Chris Cahill is having difficulty reaching her potential as an athlete, until she meets established track star Tory Skinner. As Tory and her coach help Chris with her training, the two women form friendship that evolves into a romantic relationship. Their intimacy, however, becomes complicated when Chris' improvement causes them to be competitors for the Olympic team.

7.5

Single Man Problems: Volume One

Sep 8, 2023

Ronnie Maxwell, a self-conscious gay black man, delves deeper into the labyrinth of catfishing while confronting and unpacking past traumas.

5.2

In Orbit

Sep 11, 2020

The future, the space. Sonia is about to be transferred from her station to a newer one. Although everything seems to be going well, Sonia's mind is actually elsewhere, haunted by tragic events from the not too distant past.

4.0

Ranchlands

Sep 1, 2019

The story of a spiritually scarred man whose life changes forever when he must return to his estranged family to help care for a brother who is suffering from brain cancer. With the help of a spiritually enlightened caregiver, he faces the demons of the past and a secret that has haunted him and his family for many years.

8.3

Given

Aug 22, 2020

Haruki secretly had feelings for Akihiko for years, but Akihiko was still in a relationship with his roommate, the violinist Ugetsu Murata. Haruki, Akihiko, and Ugetsu's love clashes and starts to move forward.

7.0

Unpregnant

Sep 10, 2020

A 17-year old Missouri teen discovers she has gotten pregnant, a development that threatens to end her dreams of matriculating at an Ivy League college, and the career that could follow.

6.6

Desire Street

May 20, 2011

A family (mother, daughter and son) tries to survive their loneliness and obsessions by going through different sexual experiences and relationships with a new neighbour, a prostitute.

10.0

Shellfish

Sep 20, 2022

A stop motion animator has a week to make a film with his dumbstruck brother and the girl of his dreams without his parents finding out. As their shoot unravels, he must decide which is more important, his filmmaking or close relationships, in this coming-of-age comedy with a twist of stop motion animation.

4.0

Tiny Death

Aug 3, 2005

Christian (12) and his best friend have been invited over to an older boy from school. There, he enters a mysterious world. It becomes an overwhelming experience - an essential step towards puberty.

1.5

Miss Man

Aug 4, 2019

A man's discovery of his own sexuality against all odds and finding himself in the process.

6.4

The One You Never Forget

Feb 9, 2019

A 14 year old boy excitedly prepares for his first dance, but when his date arrives he's faced with a split-second decision.

6.3

Goddess of the Fireflies

Sep 25, 2020

Catherine is a teenager going through adolescence just as her parents are getting a divorce. Her social life is no better as bullies and boys add to the pressure of growing up in the chaotic '90s.

5.5

Anything

May 11, 2018

After the death of his wife, a man moves from Mississippi to a run-down Hollywood apartment, where he meets someone new.

6.1

Fat People

Sep 11, 2009

Due to many reasons, ranging from insecurity to trauma, a group of people have gained a lot of weight in recent times.

0.0

I Beg You to Like Me

Oct 14, 2022

“I Beg You To Like Me”, serves as a testimony of individuals who felt oppressed about their body image for not meeting the standard beauty criteria, and demonstrates how a reckless language based on others’ physical appearance could turn violent. It aims to achieve much more than simply stating the obvious, which is that we are not obligated to submit to the ideal beauty standards dictated by the media, consumerism and the beauty industry. The intimate stories about one’s own body image as told by women, men, disabled people and LGBT individuals make it apparent that any one of us could end up being a victim and a perpetrator at the same time. What if, this iconic body image is nothing but an unobtainable fallacy? “Is it not yet the time to openly discuss the conventional perception of beauty, and step up onto the catwalk in our actual likeness?

4.0

Touchscreen

Apr 14, 2019

After an unusual online encounter, a lonely man is challenged to step out from behind his computer screen and shatter long-lived inhibitions to claim the touch of another human being.

5.6

Habit

Nov 14, 1997

It's autumn in New York. Sam has broken up with his girlfriend and his father has recently died. World-weary and sloppy drunk, he finds temporary solace in the arms of Anna, a mysterious vampire who draws him away from his friends and into a web of addiction and madness.

5.7

The 8.2 Second Rule

Jun 10, 2022

A sweet and bitter story about Koichi, who tries to help troubled boys with homemade sweets, until he finds his first love in 8.2 seconds.

6.2

They Have Escaped

Oct 17, 2014

Two troubled youths break out of their halfway house and make their way to one's home.

6.1

Stonewall

Dec 26, 1995

A group of gay friends try to live with dignity and self-respect while events build to the opening battle in the major gay rights movement.