Queer drama about teen male friendship wins $60,000 Sydney Film Festival prize

Close is highly personal to Dhont, who found inspiration when he returned to his primary school and re-examined his early male friendships and sexuality: "The memories came flooding back of going to school at that time, when it was really tough to be my true, unfiltered self," he said in press notes for the film.

Accepting the award via a video message, Dhont said: "We wanted to make a film about friendship and connection after a moment in time where we all understood its necessity and power."This year's Documentary Australia Award was awarded to Luke Cornish for Keep Stepping, which takes viewers into the street dance subculture, through the prism of Australia's flagship annual competition, Destructive Steps.

This year, the festival opened in June as normal, with full capacity audiences. While masks were worn by all venue staff, they were not mandatory for audience members. Artistic director Nashen Moodley told ABC RN's The Screen Show: "The turnaround from November to June is extremely tight for us; usually we have a year between festivals."

. I was hoping the film about a middle-aged white male working 50 hour weeks who was passed over for promotion because of his company's equal opportunity policies would win... Oh well. Maybe next year. .

I’m confused. Is this film about queer teens or male friendship?

You mean it didn’t get awarded to the Nations First People? No smoking ceremony documentary? That surprises me.

I’m positive that everyone is sure that it won totally on merit with no quotas or identity politic shenanigans at work at all 🤡

Oof, don't feed the trolls, it's fathers day in some countries.

Snore

of course it did

Most kids go through growing pains, some kids refuse to do so, why I'm not sure, selfish self-centred narcissists ? Gender denial is a defence mechanism: Denial is the conscious refusal to perceive that painful/unwanted facts exist.

Let kids be kids= PAEDOPHILIA MOVIE WINS- Is anyone surprised? When I was 13 I was lucky enough to NOT HAVE ADULT SEXUALITY CONCEPTS Stuffed down my throat

I'll do gay for pay.

Reading the entrant's list it was all about children, 12-13 YO. Stop pushing this agenda it is sickening

Of course it does. Nothing to do with film. Dear oh dear...

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