Boys Feels: Desire in the Dark

2021 1h 32m EN

Drama

Synopsis

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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).

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

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")

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Jure Pavlović
Writers: Džejna Avdić, Babak Najafi
Languages: Albanian, German, Croatian, Dutch, Swedish
Countries: Croatia, Kosovo, Netherlands, Sweden, Switzerland

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MONEY

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Shot for just $0.0M — micro-budget by Hollywood standards.

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ERA

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Released 5 years ago.

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WORLD

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Dialogue crosses 5 languages: Albanian, German, Croatian, Dutch, Swedish.

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WORLD

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International production across 5 countries: Croatia, Kosovo, Netherlands, Sweden, Switzerland.

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CINEMA

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Part of the "Boys Feels Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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AWARDS

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Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.

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CAST

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Sebastian Hiort af Ornäs and Kristoffer Trigell and Max Krause carry the top of the cast.

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WILD

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IMDB entry: tt13982086 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Jure Pavlović directs. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in Croatia, Kosovo, Netherlands, Sweden, Switzerland. Dialogue in Albanian, German, Croatian, Dutch, Swedish.

Trivia

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1Shot for just $0.0M — micro-budget by Hollywood standards.
2Released 5 years ago.
3Dialogue crosses 5 languages: Albanian, German, Croatian, Dutch, Swedish.
4International production across 5 countries: Croatia, Kosovo, Netherlands, Sweden, Switzerland.
5Part of the "Boys Feels Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
6Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
7Sebastian Hiort af Ornäs and Kristoffer Trigell and Max Krause carry the top of the cast.
8IMDB entry: tt13982086 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
9Classified under 11 themes, including "puberty", "adolescence", "family relationships", "coming of age".