Boys In The Trees
It’s Halloween 1997 - the last night of high school for Corey, Jango and their skater gang, ‘The Gromits.’ Childhood is over and adult life beckons. But for Corey, his past has some unfinished business. When he encounters Jonah, a former childhood friend but now victimised by Jango’s cruel streak, Corey takes pity on him and agrees to walk him home for old time’s sake.
What starts off as a normal walk through empty suburban streets descends into something darker and magical as they tell each other ghost stories, drawing upon their fears of the world around them. But on the night of the grave’s delight, even the most buried truths will find a way of coming to life.
“The flick is a beautiful beast,
a Frankenstein made of the best ideas from
Heathers and Labyrinth and The Lost Boys
that lurches to its own beat.”
— Amy Nicholson, MTV
Feature
Writer/Director Nicholas Verso
Producer John Molloy
Starring Toby Wallace, Gulliver McGrath, Mitzi Ruhlmann, Justin Holborow
Awards & Recognitions
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Best Narrative Feature Film – Austin Film Festival 2016
Best Narrative Screenplay (Unproduced) – NewFest 2011
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Best Director (Feature Film Original) – 2017 AFCA Awards
Best Original Music Score, Darrin Verhagen – 6th AACTA Awards
Best Feature Film Original, Nicholas Verso – 49th AWGIE Awards
Best Film In Venice Horizons – 73rd Venice Film Festival
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73rd Venice Film Festival (2016) – Orizzonti
Toronto International Film Festival (2016) – Discovery
Busan International Film Festival (2016)
Austin Film Festival (2016)
Festival do Rio (2016)
Stockholm International Film Festival (2016)
MiFo LGBT Miami Film Festival (2017)
Julien Dubuque International Film Festival (2017)
Manhattan Film Festival (2017)
Minneapolis St Paul International Film Festival (2017)
Newport Beach Film Festival (2017)
Overlook Film Festival (2017)
Dark Mofo (2017)
“Visually stunning, boldly imaginative
and packing a surprising emotional punch,
Boys In The Trees is an odd, affecting triumph.”
— James Jennings, EMPIRE MAGAZINE
