WATCH: Zachary Quinto leads this seductive collection of shorts about, ahem, alluring encounters
Boys On Film series.Beyond introducing us to our favorite future filmmakers, short films often provide space for some of the most boundary-breaking storytelling, especially queer stories—but they can be hard to come by if you’re not frequenting film festivals, making the work of the Boys On Film all the more essential in getting these stories in front of audiences.So we’re sad to report that this year’s Boys On Film 23: Dangerous To Know has been announced as the “penultimate edition” of the series.In a note on their YouTube channel, Peccadillo Pictures shares, “Our revenues from Boys On Film have been decreasing considerably over the years.
It takes a lot of time, effort and expense to pay the relevant licenses, design and marketing to put these compilations together.
Rampant piracy has not helped.”Yeah, it’s a bummer. But it’s all the more reason to check out their newest collection of shorts—which is now available—as well as their deep library of LGBTQ+ features over the years.The latest, Dangerous To Know, assembles 10 stories—from the U.S., Brazil, Hungary, Georgia, and beyond—all with the common thread of an alluring encounter, one that can lead to risky situations, life-changing relationships, and some steamy one-on-ones: “A perfect stranger.
The boy next door. A sparring partner. A friend from abroad.”This collection also boasts quite a famous face: Zachary Quinto, starring in the short “Chaperone” as an anonymous man who picks up a younger fling and takes him to his secluded home, where their dalliance takes some shocking turns.You can watch the trailer here, and then check out a brief synopsis for each short below:A man reflects on his childhood through old recordings from his father’s camcorder.
