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

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6.6

American Pie

Jul 9, 1999

At a high-school party, four friends find that losing their collective virginity isn't as easy as they had thought. But they still believe that they need to do so before college. To motivate themselves, they enter a pact to all "score" by their senior prom.

6.6

2:37

May 26, 2006

A contemporary, ensemble drama that tells the complex tale of six high school students whose lives are interwoven with situations that so many of today's youth are faced with. The story takes place during a normal school day. At precisely 2:37 a tragedy will occur, affecting the lives of a group of students and their teachers.

3.0

West Michigan

Apr 13, 2021

Hannah is a seventeen-year-old girl who struggles to find her place in the world. Around the time that she gives up all hope of fitting in, her grandfather falls ill. She and her brother, Charlie, drive up the coast of West Michigan in order to visit him on his deathbed. However, their journey north takes a turn after their car breaks down in rural Michigan, and Hannah's search for meaning grows more crucial than ever.

5.7

While the Unicorn Is Watching Me

Jun 10, 2014

On a chilly Sunday morning, a man awakens to the mischievous stare of a unicorn that seems to have come straight out of his dreams. Carried along by an early morning sensuality, his fantasies transform his lonely apartment into a garden of delights, in which this young creature can freely reap the fruits of his desires.

6.6

Playing by Heart

Dec 30, 1998

In a vibrant tapestry of love and longing, nine interconnected souls navigate romance and heartbreak in L.A., where passions collide and truths unfold, revealing that the heart's desires often lead us where we least expect.

7.0

American Graffiti

Aug 11, 1973

A couple of high school graduates spend one final night cruising the strip with their buddies before they go off to college.

7.0

Soldier

Feb 13, 2017

A young man decides to join the army. He becomes the drummer in the military band, and his everyday life is now a combination of military training and music. What does the Argentine Army do these days, more than thirty years after the dictatorship? What does it mean to be a soldier in a country without wars?

0.0

Red Velvet

Jun 19, 2018

A New York gay professor is haunted and lost. A tale of cultural politics in dystopian scenario that is relevant to today's social climate, commenting on meanings attached to gender, phobia, and trauma.

8.0

Requiem for a Dream

Oct 6, 2000

The drug-induced utopias of four Coney Island residents are shattered when their addictions run deep.

6.7

In from the Side

Sep 16, 2022

Mark, a new and inexperienced rugby club member, finds himself drawn to Warren, a seasoned first team player. When a series of happenstances at an away fixture lead to a drunken encounter, Mark and Warren unwittingly embark on a romantic affair they struggle to hide from their partners and teammates.

6.3

I Don't Love You Anymore

Sep 12, 2024

Thirteen-year-old Marek shoots videos on social themes, making him an outsider among his classmates. At home, his peaceful relationship with his mother is disrupted by his mother's new acquaintance. In the most sensitive phase of his life, Tereza enters his path.

5.7

Main Tera Hero

Apr 4, 2014

Seenu loves Sunaina but they're chased by a stalking cop, an infatuated beauty and her mafia don dad - can Seenu's heroics work?

6.7

Boy Meets Girl

Jun 28, 2014

In Kentucky, a transgender woman and her best male friend lament the lack of eligible partners and step across old boundaries of love and romance.