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Boy
Short Film (Full Length) – 2004
A haunting, visually inventive tale about coming of age and into sexuality.– Filmmaker Magazine
In the silence of my childhood there were no angels.– Text from the film
I approached Boy as a typographer and illustrator, not as a filmmaker. That in itself was unconventional … the result is a visually intense film that deals with an aspect of New Zealand society seldom discussed. I really wanted to offer something new to film and its success vindicates the approach I took.– Writer/director Welby Ings on Boy
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