Boys On Film 19: No Ordinary Boy

Feb 18, 2019

2h 12m

★ 2.8

Overview

As Boys On Film reaches the end of its teenage years, we take a look at those unique boys who go one step further, who excite, invigorate, and always impress, who break boundaries, shape their worlds and are more than what they appear. Volume 19: No Ordinary Boy includes ten complete films: Scott T. Hinson's "Michael Joseph Jason John" also starring Eric Robledo; Abhishek Verma's animated "The Fish Curry"; Ben Allen's "Blood Out Of A Stone" starring Alex Austin and Oisín Stack; David Färdmar's "No More We" starring Jonathan Andersson and Björn Elgerd; Jannik Splidsboel's "Between Here & Now" starring Francesco Martino and Peder Bille; Amrou Al-Kadhi's "Run(a)way Arab" also starring Ahd and Omar Labek; Dean Loxton's "Meatoo" starring Calum Speed and Warren Rusher; Jake Graf's "Dusk" starring Elliott Sailors, Sue Moore, and Duncan James; Leon Lopez's "Jermaine & Elsie" starring Marji Campi and Ashley Campbell; and Marco Alessi's "Four Quartets" with Laurie Kynaston.

Genres

Drama

Romance

Thriller

Mystery

Animation

Music

Production Companies

Peccadillo Pictures

Boys On Film 19: No Ordinary Boy Trailers

Cast

The Trick (segment "Michael Joseph Jason John")

Eric Robledo

Number Eight (segment "Michael Joseph Jason John")

Scott T. Hinson

Dan (segment "Blood Out Of A Stone")

Alex Austin

Michael (segment "Blood Out Of A Stone")

Oisín Stack

Fran (segment "Blood Out Of A Stone")

Amber James

Hampus (segment "No More We")

Jonathan Andersson

Adrian (segment "No More We")

Björn Elgerd

Tony (segment "Between Here & Now")

Francesco Martino

Oscar (segment "Between Here & Now")

Peder Bille

Man (segment "Between Here & Now")

Peter Oliver Hansen

Halima (segment "Run[a]way Arab")

Ahd Kamel

Nazeem/Queen Za Dream (segment "Run[a]way Arab")

Amrou Al-Kadhi

Manuel and Pedro are extremely close friends. The first one is a women addicted while the other one is a solitary gay. Pedro can't find his way in life, Manuel sets up him in a blind date with some 40's woman named Gabriela, who is also in a hurry looking for a man in order to get pregnant. New changes in Chile inspire Pedro to do something never imagined for gay people: Being father.

4.0

Bitter Years

Oct 6, 2019

A drama film based on the life of Mario Mieli, a leading figure in the Italian gay movement of the 1970s.

3.0

Trap Flix Party

Aug 11, 2021

A chilling anthology of three trap genre stories including a polyamorous relationship that’s not quite right and a funeral that becomes a bloodbath.

1.0

Samira

Jan 19, 2016

Janosch, an interpreter, is called to help during a police deployment at the Port of Hamburg. A young African woman has barricaded herself in a container ship and threatens to commit suicide. In order to get her out, Janosch promises to help her, an offer which bears unexpected consequences.

0.0

Silence

Jul 15, 2016

After being discovered trying to escape, a woman must survive the night with her abusive girlfriend.

6.9

Nuovo Olimpo

Nov 1, 2023

In 1970s Rome, a casual encounter between Enea and Pietro at a movie theater turns into an unforgettable romance — until destiny pulls them apart.

9.0

Youssou & Malek

Oct 20, 2022

On a sprawling urban suburbia during a sweltering summer, two young boys in love are at an impasse. Youssou has an opportunity to study abroad with a prestigious scholarship, while his boyfriend Malek advances in his art degree at a local school. As the pair wrestle with these destinies that are pulling them apart, their friends attempt to untangle the ambitions of these star-crossed lovers, all while tensions rise with the police who patrol the neighbourhood.

7.3

Never Open That Door

May 23, 1952

A man tries to avenge the death of his sister, a gambling addict. Another man, an ex-convict who whistles when he commits a crime, is reunited with his blind mother.

1.0

Vámonos

Jun 14, 2015

When Mac, a young butch Latina, dies, her girlfriend, Hope, must overcome both personal grief and homophobic hostilities from Mac’s family in order to respectfully send Mac off into the afterlife as she would’ve wanted.

6.0

Putito

Sep 8, 2014

Putito is a production with no specific genre, where reality and fiction blend through a testimony written by José Carlos Henríquez - a feminist activist and male prostitute who plays himself in the project. Available in a censored and uncensored version.

0.0

An Ideal Wife

Invalid Date

The film charts the story of Oscar Wilde’s marriage to Lloyd, an author and activist, and the sexual awakening she experienced after she learned that Wilde was homosexual.

6.0

Worst Laid Plans

Dec 3, 2022

Three tales of vacation-themed horror adapted from the bestselling book by Grindhouse Press.

6.0

Mutt

Aug 9, 2023

Over the course of a single hectic day in New York City, three people from Feña's past are thrust back into his life: his foreign father, his straight ex-boyfriend, and his 13-year old half-sister. Having lost touch since transitioning from female to male, Feña must navigate the new dynamics of these old relationships while tackling the day-to-day challenges that come with living a life in-between.

4.3

Without

Apr 30, 2014

Oblivious to their close proximity to one another, two women reflect on a brief connection they shared six months earlier.

0.0

Madly

Mar 23, 2022

When Alexandria Smith, a non-binary manic playwright gets nullified due to a social media video they must return home and face their crumbling relationships. A modern LGBTQ adaptation of Anton Chekhov’s “The Seagull” for a new generation.

5.8

Saint-Narcisse

Nov 25, 2021

Dominic’s fetish is… himself. Nothing turns him on more than his own reflection. That’s why discovering that he has a twin brother, raised in a remote monastery by a depraved priest, causes him major consternation. Fate brings the two young men back together again, and their fraternal relationship is torn between sex, revenge and redemption.

4.2

Isha

Jun 29, 2019

Rahmi, a Romanian immigrant living in England, creates a new life for himself while trying to keep up appearances with his Muslim family. This moving, evocative drama costars renowned Romanian actress Maia Morgenstern and Game of Thrones’ Lino Facioli alongside newcomer Hora Savescu as Rahmi.

5.6

Label Me

Jan 15, 2019

Sex is power, and Waseem, a Syrian gay-for-pay hustler seeking asylum in Cologne, wields it like a shield. Keeping his johns at an emotional arm’s length while satisfying their most carnal desires in order to eke out a living, he meets his match in Lars: a kind, affluent professional with a growing personal interest in Waseem. This gripping tale of transactional identity explores the tactical exchange of trust and intimacy in a partnership, and the divisions between immigrants and their host countries in contemporary Europe.

6.7

I Miss You

Jul 27, 2019

Following his son Gabriel’s death, Jorge travels from conservative Bolivia to New York City to confront Gabriel’s boyfriend Sebastian. While the two battle over Jorge’s inability to accept his son, Sebastian channels his grief into a bold new play in honor of his lost love, in which Gabriel’s inner turmoil is transformed into an eye-popping gay fantasia.