''Boy'' is a 2009 Philippine film by director

Auraeus Solito Auraeus Solito, also known as Kanakan-Balintagos, is a Palawán-Filipino filmmaker and indigenous peoples rights advocate who comes from a lineage of shaman-kings from the Palawán tribe. He was one of the first to be born outside of his tribal la ...

. The 83-minute film produced by recounts a young poet's infatuation with a young macho dancer. ''Boy'' (also as ''BoY'') has been shown in many international film festivals. The Board of Film Censors in Singapore banned the showing of the movie because it "normalizes homosexuality and romanticizes sex between men."GMA News article about the film
/ref> ''Boy'' was screened in the Philippines in June 2009.

Cast

*Aeious Asin - Boy *Aries Pena - Aries *Madelaine Nicolas - Boy's mother *

Nonie Buencamino Anthony Buencamino (born November 28, 1966), professionally known as Nonie Buencamino, is a Filipino character actor known for his theater work. He is strongly associated with Philippine New Wave Cinema, playing roles such as Mayor Bartolome in Jun ...

- Aries father *Danton Remoto - Teacher

Festivals

Boy had its world premiere in Italy at the

Torino Gay and Lesbian Film Festival Turin ( , Piedmontese language, Piedmontese: ; it, Torino ) is a city and an important business and cultural centre in Northern Italy. It is the capital city of Piedmont and of the Metropolitan City of Turin, and was the first Italian capital ...

(April 2009). Other festival screenings included: * Outfest Los Angeles Gay and Lesbian Film Festival * Jeonju International Film Festival in South Korea (Asian premiere) *

ImagineNATIVE Film and Media Arts Festival The imagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival is the world's largest Indigenous film and media arts festival, held annually in Toronto in the month of October. The festival focuses on the film, video, radio, and new media work of Indigenous, Abori ...

in Toronto (Canadian premiere) *Image+Nation Montreal * Frameline Film Festival (San Francisco International Lesbian and Gay Film Festival) * Seattle International Film Festival

References

External links

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''Boy'' page on Film Development Council of the Philippines site
2009 films Filipino-language films Gay-related films Philippine LGBT-related films LGBT-related drama films 2009 LGBT-related films 2009 drama films Philippine drama films LGBT-related controversies in film Film controversies in Singapore {{LGBT-drama-film-stub