STARBOY
A mystical young Hasidic man increasingly doubts his identity, his gender, and the nature of being as conflict between him and his pious young wife escalates with shocking consequences.
17 minutes / 2019 / Drama
Written and Directed by Joelle Bentolila / Produced by Tibo Travers
Starring:
Barney Harris, Tallulah Haddon and James Larkin
AWARDS
Winner, Best Director Award, The Discover Film Awards 2021
Winner, Best Actor Award, The Discover Film Awards 2021
Winner, Best Short Film, British Short Film Awards 2021
Winner, Audience Prize, Oxford International Short Film Festival 2020
Winner, Best Director, Oxford International Short Film Festival 2020
Winner, Best Actor, Oxford International Short Film Festival 2020
Winner, Best Camera over £6000, BIC Awards 2020
Winner, Best Short Film, Screen Culture Film Festival 2020
Nominated, Best Short Film, Crystal Palace International, 2020
Nominated, Best British Shorts, Iris Prize 2020
Winner, Best LGBTQ Short, HollyShorts 2019
Winner, Pears Short Film Fund Award, UK Jewish Film 2019
OFFICIAL SELECTIONS
The British Short Film Award 2021
Athens International Film and Video Festival 2021
Sunderland Shorts Film Festival 2021
World Cinema Film Festival 2021
Iris Prize, Cardiff 2020
Damn These Heels Film Festival 2020
Zagreb Festival of Tolerance, 2020
Berlin British Shorts Film Festival, 2020
Crystal Palace International Film Festival 2020
Oxford International Short Film Festival 2020
Cinequest Film & VR Festival, San Jose 2020
SHORT to the Point, Bucharest 2020
Literally Short Film Festival, Houston 2020
The Shortest Nights 2020
Out on Film, Atlanta 2020
Fringe! Queer Film & Arts Fest 2020
Pink Screens, Brussels 2020
Screen Culture Film Festival 2020
Crossing the Screen Film Festival 2020
Rolling Ideas Film Festival 2020
London SuperShort Film Festival 2020
Outfest Los Angeles LGBTQ Film Festival 2019
Flickers' Rhode Island International Film Festival 2019
HollyShorts Film Festival, Los Angeles 2019
TriForce Short Film Festival, 2019
Sao Paulo International Short Film Festival 2019
San Diego International Jewish Film Festival 2019
The Joyce Forum Jewish Short Film Festival 2019
TLVFest - The Tel Aviv International LGBT Film Festival 2019
Content London, Short2Series 2019
UK Jewish Film Festival, London 2018
“Surprising, stunning and thought provoking - a true original!”
Nik Powell, producer of The Crying Game
Starboy was funded by UK Jewish Film and Pears Foundation