Boys On Film
Reviews of Short Films in the various Boys On Film collections
Follow Me
Drama | 16 mins | Dutch (Belgium) | 2015
Directed by: Anthony Schatteman | Written by: Stephen Dhondt and Anthony Schatteman
Starring: Ezra Fieremans and Maarten Ketels
Eighteen-year-old Jasper is madly in love with his art teacher. Overcome with confusion and longing, Jasper takes to following his teacher and his new girlfriend wherever they go.
When A Man Loves A Woman
Comedy | 10 mins | English (UK) | 2016
Directed by: Charlie Francis | Written by: Katie White
Starring: Tommy Jay Brennan, Jemima Spence and Diane Brooks-Webster
When Nick, who still hides his sexuality from his mother, gets a call to say she’s coming to visit, he desperately turns to best friend Amanda to pose as his girlfriend. Nick must use charm, cash and emotional blackmail to convince a hungover and reluctant Amanda to continue the ruse.
Pyotr495
Drama/Fantasy | 15 mins | Russian (Canada/Germany) | 2016
Written & Directed by: Blake Mawson
Starring: Alex Ozerov et al.
One evening in Putin’s Moscow, 16-year-old Pyotr is baited by an ultra-nationalist group known for their violent abductions and attacks on young gay men. But Pyotr isn’t as defenceless as he might appear…
B.
Stop-Motion/Drama | 15 mins | German (Germany) | 2015
Written & Directed by: Kai Stänicke
Starring: Susanne Bormann, Andreas Jähnert and Luka Dimic
Torn between a cold relationship with K. and her feelings for another woman, shy and insecure B. is heading for disaster. For too long she has suppressed her desired and lived a lie. But is it really too later for B. to follow her heart?
Jamie
Drama | 9 mins | English (UK) | 2015
Written & Directed by: Christopher Manning
Starring: Sebastian Christophers and Raphael Verrion et al.
Shy, quiet Jamie, spends a revealing afternoon with Ben after meeting on a dating app. As they chat, Jamie finds himself opening up and letting loose his hopes and fears in an unexpected awakening.
Golden
Drama | 3 mins | (Germany) | 2015
Written & Directed by: Kai Stänicke
Starring: Maximilian Gehrlinger et al.
As a golden boy becomes a golden man, his carefree spirit wanes under the weight of being different. As he grows up he comes more introverted until one day he discovers he’s not alone.
Trouser Bar
Fantasy | 20 mins | English (UK) | 2016
Directed by: Kristen Bjorn | Written by: A Gentleman
Starring: Ashley Ryder, Denholm Spurr, Florian Klein, Craig Daniel and Zac Renfree
Set in a London gentleman’s outfitters in 1976, and taking inspiration from the emotions aroused by a fetishist love of corduroy, leather and tight trousers, two men enter Sir John’s Trouser Bar but little do they know the sexual adventures that awaits them inside.
Dawn
Drama | 11mins | English (UK) | 2016
Written & Directed by: Jake Graf
Starring: Harry Rundle & Nicole Gibson
Two outcasts meet in the darkness more afraid of themselves than each other. As the veil of night is lifted the pair search the cold light of day for hope, as it takes more than just eyes to look inside the soul.
