Teenage Kicks (film)
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| Directed by | Craig Boreham |
| Written by | Craig Boreham |
| Produced by | Annmaree Bell |
| Starring | Miles Szanto Daniel Webber Shari Sebbens Charlotte Best |
| Cinematography | Bonnie Elliott |
| Edited by | Adrian Chiarella |
| Music by | David Barber |
Production company | Azure Productions |
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Running time | 98 minutes |
| Country | Australia |
| Language | English |
Teenage Kicks is an Australian drama film, directed by Craig Boreham and released in 2016. It is a queer coming-of-age love story.
Synopsis
Miklós Varga, the son of Hungarian immigrants to Australia, is struggling to come to terms with his sexual attraction to his best friend Dan, in the wake of having been indirectly responsible for his older brother Tomi's accidental death.[1]
Cast
- Miles Szanto as Miklós Varga
- Daniel Webber as Dan
- Nadim Kobeissi as Tomi
- Shari Sebbens as Annuska
- Charlotte Best as Phaedra
- Tony Poli as Miklós's father Viktor
- Anni Finsterer as Miklós's mother Illona
- Ian Roberts as Dan's father Jack
Production
The film was directed by Craig Boreham, with cinematography by longtime collaborator and friend Bonnie Elliott. They had made the short film Drowning as a prelude to Teenage Kicks.[2]
Release
The film premiered in June 2016 at the 2016 Sydney Film Festival.[3]
Reception
Luke Buckmaster of The Guardian, giving the film 4 stars out of 5, wrote that Boreham was "a compelling new voice in queer Australian cinema", and praised Elliott's cinematography, saying it was "well suited to the unstable-feeling nature of the drama, helps pull the film away from social realist impulses to a more stylistic palette" and saying that she was "emerging – if she hasn’t already – as one of Australian cinema's finest sharp eyes".[4]
The film was compared by some film critics to Head On, the 1998 film about a gay Greek Australian man.[1]
Accolades
Szanto won the award for Best Performance in a Male Role at the 2017 Iris Prize festival.[5] Composer David Barber received an AACTA Award nomination for Best Original Music Score at the 6th AACTA Awards,[6] and Boreham received an Australian Directors' Guild nomination for Best Direction in a Feature Film.[7]
References
- ^ a b Erin Free, "Craig Boreham: Teenage Kicks At Mardi Gras". Filmink, 21 February 2017.
- ^ Elliott, Bonnie (6 December 2016). "Interview with acclaimed cinematographer Bonnie Elliott". Screen NSW (Interview). Retrieved 15 November 2024.
- ^ Stephen A. Russell, "'Teenage Kicks' steams up Sydney Film Festival". SBS, 30 May 2016.
- ^ Luke Buckmaster, "Teenage Kicks review – a compelling new voice in queer Australian cinema". The Guardian, 11 June 2016.
- ^ "Teenage Kicks – win at the Iris Prize in UK". Filmink.
- ^ Seanna Cronin, "Hacksaw Ridge wins big in first round of AACTA Awards". The Western Star, 5 December 2016.
- ^ "2017 Australian Directors’ Guild Awards: Nominees Announced". Screen Realm, 6 April 2017.