Boys Shorts

Sat, Aug 28, PROG – 4

This selection of six short films about boys who will soon be men, and men who are still boys deep down in their hearts – their anxieties and vulnerabilities, their playful shenanigans and charismatic camaraderie; their smouldering desires and romances!

RIVER (Rio)
Dir: Marco Buontempo | 20 min | 2020 | Argentina | Spanish

Bruno and Franco meet again many years after having shared an affair in their teens. During a day spent together, they exchange thoughts on their behavior in the past, and the changes of mind in their earlier attitude towards sexuality.

ON MY WAY
Dir: Sonam Larcin | 22 min | 2020 | Belgium | English, French

The unexpected arrival of a Nigerian migrant in the Belgian countryside shakes up the fragile daily life of two men living a secret relationship.

PEE SITTING DOWN (Mear Sentado)
Dir: David Montosa | 12 min | 2020 | Spain | Spanish

On what seems like an ordinary night, two friends face their worst enemy: the social construction of the gender. Only the bravest men survive. A fag joke on masculinity!

JESSE JAMES
Dir: Josef Steiff | 20 min | 2020 | USA | English

Jesse has been in a violent relationship with Mike. Today they test the boundaries of their relationship and come face to face, not just with what they are losing, but with what they have already lost.

VERANICO
Dir: João Brás | 15 min | 2020 | Portugal | Portuguese

It is a hot summer in August 2016. In this ephemeral sea of unforeseen events, passions, changes, voids, escapes and deceits, Rodrigo – between his personal discoveries and uncertainties about the future – is surprised by the outbreak of a set of fires in Madeira Island. What will happen to him if the wind shifts?

IT’S JUST IN MY HEAD (È solo nella mia testa)
Dir: Marius Gabriel Stancu | 18 min | 2020 | Italy | Italian

Childhood buddies Andreas and Alessandro are like chalk and cheese, though they have moved to different cities, the two still come down to spend their summers together at their native seaside resort. This summer, their annual sojourn is going to be different.