They Come At Night, Mostly
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.
Carter Smith
Till Kleinert
Craig Boreham
Nicholas Verso
Dominic Haxton
Bobby de Groot
Lee Haven Jones
James Cook
Arjan van Meerten
Christopher Brown
Also Directed by Carter Smith
Boys on Film crosses the Atlantic to bring you a bevy of intriguing and genre-busting shorts from the land of the free. These award-winning shorts from East coast to West side reveal that there is more to these American boys than meets the eye.
Something strange is going on at Rockdale High School.
Upcoming queer horror film starring Jena Malone and Mark Patton.
A man is forced to face his fears and confront his troubled past to find a way to survive when his coworker snaps and goes on a violent killing spree.
No one seemed to care about Jamie Marks until after his death. Hoping to find the love and friendship he never had in life, Jamie’s ghost visits former classmate Adam McCormick, drawing him into the bleak world between the living and the dead.
Chris is an Atlantic City go go boy with a little something extra to share...
Americans Amy, Stacy, Jeff and Eric look for fun during a sunny holiday in Mexico, but they get much more than that after visiting an archaeological dig in the jungle.
A teenager's infatuation with the new bad boy at school leads him onto a dark path.
A group of gay friends head to Palm Springs to ring in the New Year. Things take a terrifying turn as the friends all search for someone to kiss at midnight, and invite a killer into their midst.
Also Directed by Till Kleinert
The Boys' Village was once a village-style holiday camp located in West Aberthaw, on the south coast of Wales. Built in the 1920s as a holiday home for Welsh coalminers' sons, boasting a pool, sports yards and even a chapel of its own. Not much remains of its former glory, though. Shattered glass and debris are all over the place; graffiti on the walls. There are countless trap falls and opportunities for injury. A parent's nightmare, it can be heaven on earth for a certain kind of child. It more or less is for Kevin. He has been eleven years old for quite some time now. Has it been years or decades?
Six friends spend the night at a lake in the middle of the woods of their childhood. What starts as a nostalgic summer getaway soon turns into an apocalyptic nightmare when our heroes have to face skinhead thugs running wild on testosterone and faceless giants creeping up from the deepest darkness of the underground.
A wolf strives through the woods around an isolated German village. Jakob the young local police officer is onto him, but scents something more in the darkness. What he finds is a man, it seems, wild eyed, of wiry build, in a dress. He carries a katana, a Samurai sword. When the Samurai invites Jakob to follow him on his crusade towards the village, it becomes Jakob's mission to pursue the lunatic to end this wanton destruction. At the end of the night Jakob has experienced too much, is too far from whom he once was. Something hidden has been unleashed to meet the first rays of daylight.
Real estate agent Christian travels the countryside scouting for investment prospects. In a forgotten, seemingly abandoned village far off the main roads, he finds more than he is looking for. Getting entangled in an encounter with a taciturn teenage farmhand, he confronts his sexual frustrations and, in the process, gets drawn into the undergrowth of a bloodthirsty rustic community.
A teenager gets a haircut.
BOYS ON FILM X is the tenth volume in the world’s most successful short film series. A young man goes through a series of encounters that will change his life forever, an unearthly beauty will put a relationship at risk, a friendship is questioned as a secret is revealed and a young boy haunts a village long forgotten. All boundaries will be broken as BOYS ON FILM X promises to take it further than ever before, showcasing some of the most sexy, unique and brilliant filmmaking from around the world. These eight new short films have been showcased in some of the world’s biggest festivals including Frameline Film Festival, Iris Prize Film Festival, Outfest and the BFI London Lesbian & Gay Film Festival.
A series of nine short films dealing with the varied experiences of gay men and boys.
Also Directed by Craig Boreham
A dark story of desire and betrayal inspired by the events of the night of the brutal slaying of Italian filmmaker Pier Paolo Pasolini.
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?
Also Directed by Nicholas Verso
After moving house with his estranged family, troubled teen Damien Wilson becomes convinced there is something lurking at the end of the corridor. After people begin to mysteriously vanish, he teams up with 2 friends from high school to discover what is hiding inside his house.
On Halloween 1997, two estranged teen skaters embark on a surreal journey through their memories, dreams and fears.
Lonely schoolgirl Desma is determined to win the school science competition and beat her arch-rival, Celestine. When Desma discovers an incredible creature, an insect-boy endowed with a pair of moth-wings, she thinks victory is hers. But can Desma ignore her attacks of conscience and condemn the vulnerable moth-boy to win a competition? Or will she forfeit her dreams of glory and suffer another humiliating loss to Celestine? An enchanting short film about human connection, ruthless ambition and entomology.
A series of eight short films dealing with the varied experiences of gay men and boys.
A troubled young man at a mental health institution gets a quiet new roommate. The pair become close friends, bonded over a mutual threat that may or may not be real.
Jonah dreams of being able to fly away from his life in the housing commission. But after an encounter at the local skate park, he finds his wings in an unexpected way.
Also Directed by Dominic Haxton
A hot young hustler finds himself in uncharted waters when he spends the night with a client who's far from the "johns" he's used to servicing.
Inspired by the alarming increase in real-life tragedies involving high school bullying and suicide, Teens Like Phil tells the story of a gay teen, Phil, and his former friend, Adam, who brutally bullies him.
A series of eight short films dealing with the varied experiences of gay men and boys.
In this alternate history fable set in the 1980s AIDS Crisis, a closeted young man is thrust into the midst of an anti-government coup and finds that the animal within is stronger than the monsters that oppress.
C.J., bored out of his mind one night, uses a hookup app to meet Hunter.
BOYS ON FILM X is the tenth volume in the world’s most successful short film series. A young man goes through a series of encounters that will change his life forever, an unearthly beauty will put a relationship at risk, a friendship is questioned as a secret is revealed and a young boy haunts a village long forgotten. All boundaries will be broken as BOYS ON FILM X promises to take it further than ever before, showcasing some of the most sexy, unique and brilliant filmmaking from around the world. These eight new short films have been showcased in some of the world’s biggest festivals including Frameline Film Festival, Iris Prize Film Festival, Outfest and the BFI London Lesbian & Gay Film Festival.
Also Directed by Bobby de Groot
On a long and dusty road a routine cruise patrol takes a strange turn and spirals totally out of control.
Also Directed by Lee Haven Jones
Family Liaison Officer Lisa Armstrong becomes a little too emotionally involved with a case (to the point where she might compromise it) concerning a pair of missing Morecambe twins to whose distraught parents she is assigned.
An intruder breaks into a modern and luxurious home. He wants it. As he samples the lifestyle his senses are heightened. When the owner of the house returns unexpectedly, the tables are turned, and the intruder finds himself naked and powerless. A film about passion, longing and desire in all its forms.
Follows detective Matthew Venn as he returns to an evangelical community in which he grew up to attend his father's funeral.
Worlds collide in more ways than one in this stunning collection of award winning short films. Confidence is violated, classes clash and desire is concealed, yet love still triumphs regardless of the consequences.
Also Directed by James Cook
Compilation of short films exploring female desire. Films include South African revenge drama, Lost in the World, the heartbreaking Cambodian short Two Girls Against the Rain, Belgian coming-of-age story Shimi, British director James Cook's Almost Obsolete and two films from the USA (Stevie, Blood & Water).
Also Directed by Arjan van Meerten
On a long and dusty road a routine cruise patrol takes a strange turn and spirals totally out of control.