Ostia - La notte finale

Collect your holy water, lock the doors and turn off the lights as BOYS ON FILM presents THEY COME AT NIGHT, MOSTLY bringing together the best scares from the first 13 volumes of BOYS ON FILM. From home invasions, tentacled monsters and seductive cowboys to a nightmare at the end of the world. This collection features some of the most terrifying and blood-curdling gay short films from this world and the next.

Four stories, one hot day - Sydney, Australia, just before the rain.

Noah and Gus hang out and smoke weed after school. As the munchies kick in Noah feels compelled to share a secret desire that has been tormenting him.

The curiosity of a schoolgirl leads her to skip a day at school to observe a classmate as she wanders through the city.

A contemporary retelling of the classic tale of the City Mouse and the Country Mouse, Stray follows the story of Mouse, a teenager who leaves his home in the country in search of a place in the world. Along the way, he is exposed to the seedy underbelly of the city and the people who live there including the broken drag diva Lame Doe Ray, who takes him under her wing. Will Mouse be led astray and consumed by the drug soaked landscape?

An end of love story about small moments of hope, travelling, loss, capitalism and love.

Things are changing for Mik. His world has been turned upside down by the sudden death of his older brother forcing him to redefine his place in his family. The one solid thing in Mik's life is his best friend Dan. But Dan has a new girlfriend...

Three men present their very different experiences as men who sleep with other men.

William Yang is a third-generation Australian-Chinese artist, born and raised in Queensland. He is best known for his documentary photographs and his narrative monologues with slide projections. Many of Yang's works examine his Chinese family history, gay identity or themes such as AIDS. This short documentary looks at one aspect of William's work as a photographer - the photos he takes of male nudes. In many ways, this is the most personal and vulnerable of his work because it always involves a negotiation or transaction.

Two young men make a connection neither of them expects or knows how to navigate. Casey, a young man from the countryside running from a small-town scandal, finds himself down and out in the big smoke of Sydney. When he meets Tib, a young city lad, struggling with his own scars of isolation, there’s chemistry, not only sexually but also emotionally as both men find something they have been missing. Can they overcome their own insecurities and let the other in or are the walls they have built too strong to knock down?