Boys Feels: Desire in the Dark

Boys Feels: Desire in the Dark

2021 · 92 min · Drama

These five award-winning coming of age short films offer a glimpse of how boys and young men tackle life's difficult desires: confronting one's demons, understanding sexual relationships, gaining the respect of one's father, or simply running away from it all. This is only the start of their complex formative years, where not every question has an answer, and not every answer makes sense. The short films are: Boys [Pojkarna] (2015); Ioana (2015); Kiem Holijanda (2017); Picnic [Piknik] (2015); Tomer & Elias [Tomer en Elias] (2016).

Directed by Isabella Carbonell · Written by Džejna Avdić

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Sebastian Hiort af Ornäs Markus (segment "Boys")
Kristoffer Trigell Lukas (segment "Boys")
Max Krause Adrian (segment "Ioana")
Andi Bajgora Andi (segment "Kiem Holijanda")
Florist Bajgora Florist (segment "Kiem Holijanda")
Marcus Lindgren Tobbe (segment "Boys")
Catalijn Willemsen Mother (segment "Tomer and Elias")
Mingus Claessen Alex (segment "Tomer and Elias")
Noah de Cruijf Sven (segment "Tomer and Elias")
Emir Mušić Emir (segment "Picnic")

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