Director
Madeline Kelly
Producer
Bec Speakman
Contact email
nineteenshort@gmail.com
Release date
2014
Format
ShortRecent Addition
Genre(s)
DramaBased on true storyGayLGBTQTeenagersDeath
Synopsis
After Blake discovers that he is not a typical, invincible nineteen year old, he is
given one opportunity to seize one of life’s most intimate experiences.
Nineteen is a deeply moving story of the freedom that comes when faced
imminent mortality.
Directed by Madeline Kelly, the film stars James Fraser (The Water Diviner) and
Benjamin Mathews (Dir. of EMILY) in highly compelling performances. As the
story unfolds inside the walls of a motel room and the threatening nature of
Blake’s mortality becomes more obvious, an unlikely relationship forms
between these two men from different worlds. This relationship gently
confronts the audience’s ideas of intimacy and the means to experience it.
Madeline tenderly deals with the unjust constrictions put upon a young
man’s life through social prejudice and provides a captivating insight into
the resilient nature of a nineteen year-old who strives to claim one of life’s
most important experiences. 11 mins. Australia.
Submitted by
Iris Prize