Boy
Brand new from Auraeus Solito, the internationally acclaimed filmmaker of Tuli and The Blossoming of Maximo Oliveros, BOY is a delightful and sexy “coming-of-age” story about a young poet in Manila who discovers his sexuality and falls for a macho dancer. What begins as an erotic fascination turns into a journey about family and self-expression.
Auraeus Solito’s first feature film The Blossoming of Maximo Oliveros won 15 international awards. A gay love story set in Manila, Solito’s film was a part of the 2006 Sundance Film Festival, the Las Palmas Film Festival, and the Cinemalaya Independent Film Festival and won three awards at the 2006 Berlin Film Festival.
His film also earned a Best Foreign Film nomination at the 2007 Film Independent’s Spirit Awards.
Circumcision, his second feature film, won Best Picture and Best Director at the Digital Competition at the 2005 CineManila Film Festival and the NETPAC Jury Prize at the Berlinale, International Forum for New Cinema; 2nd Prize for Best Feature Film at the Montreal Film Festival. He made Philippine Science, his third dramatic feature film, in 2007, which won awards at the 14th Vesoul International Film Festival of Asian Cinema in France.