Compilation/Packaged Set: Boys On Film 12: Confession

Principal Entry

Within these nine short stories, a hustler spends the night with a mysterious stranger, a football player hides a secret that could threaten everything, a heartthrob returns home to rekindle a past relationship and desire pushes a 17 year old to the edge.

  1. Home From The Gym – dir. Robert Hawk (USA) 6 mins 2014
  2. Showboy – dir. Samuel Leighton-Dore (Australia) 15 mins 2014
  3. Cruise Patrol – dir. Bobby de Groot & Arjan van Meerten (Netherlands) 8 mins 2013
  4. I Am Syd Stone – dir. Denis Theriault (Canada) 11 mins 2014
  5. Deflated – dir. Dustin Shroff (USA) 6 mins 2012
  6. Age 17 (17 Anne) – dir. Filippo Demarchi (Switzerland) 22 mins 2013
  7. Human Warmth (Chaleur humaine) – dir. Christophe Predari (Belgium) 11 mins 2013
  8. Tonight It s Me – dir. Dominic Haxton (USA) 13 mins 2014
  9. Good Morning dir. Stephen Dunn and Peter Knegt (Canada) 10 mins 2014

Showboy
BNZ Productions / Peccadillo Pictures (2014)
Queer Themes/Interest, Short
In Collection
#913
5*
Seen ItYes
(5/26/2017)
IMDB   6.2
15 mins Australia / English
DVD  Region 2
Airlie Dodds Girl
Richie Finger Madame Clitora
Malcolm Kennard Rob Maxwell (as Mal Kennard)
Stephanie King Poppy
Matt Levett Asher
Lucas Pittaway Julian Maxwell
Jayr Tinaco Drag Queen
Director
Samuel Leighton-Dore


After the unexpected death of his mother, a young football player, Julian Maxwell (Lucas Pittaway), finds himself struggling to support his depressed, unemployed father while fighting to keep safe the secret he once shared with his mother: He's not only gay, but performs drag shows. Showboy is a film about family, loss and the exploration of freedom and sexuality in the face of affliction.
Edition Details
No. of Discs/Tapes 1
Personal Details
Location Personal Library - Boys on Film 12
Owner Deitz
Links Showboy at Core for Movies
IMDB
TheMovieDb.org
References
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Notes
Many "shorts" have a flavor of a clip or teaser from a full length movie, and so it is with Showboy· Much of the description found in the distribution plot above are not apparent in the actual short· There is much stuff hinted at, but not developed sufficiently for the short to stand alone.