Cinema

Lonesome

A film by Craig Boreham
(Australia, 2021, 95 min.)

1 show for this event

Casey, a lonely country boy trying to escape a small-town scandal, sets out for Sydney. In one of several casual sex dates using a dating app, he meets Tib, a charming young black boy who is the son of a migrant woman who has been banished from her country. Casey realizes that he has much in common with him and they establish a deep physical and emotional connection. Lonesome is a heartbreaking queer love story with hedonistic and erotic elements that tenderly and thoroughly explores the topic of desire and presents an explicit and insightful portrait of gay relationships and dating in our contemporary world.

Craig Boreham is a Sydney-based writer and director. A graduate of the University of Technology Sydney (UTS) and the Australian Film Television and Radio School (AFTRS), Boreham has presented his films at over 200 international film festivals, including the Berlin International Film Festival, Sydney Film Festival, Cannes, Palm Springs, Frameline and Outfest. He has received numerous awards and nominations, including the Berlinale Teddy Award for his short film Transient and four nominations for the prestigious Iris Prize in Wales. Other awards include Best Film at My Queer Career (Drowning, The Final Night), the Mardi Gras Film Festival, the City of Melbourne Best Short Film Award, the Melbourne Queer Film Festival and the National Film Sound Archive Orlando Award. The Guardian called Boreham “a strong new voice in Australian queer cinema”.

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