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Teenage Kicks (film)
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'Teenage Kicks' is an Australian drama film, directed by Craig Boreham and released in 2016.Luke Buckmaster, [https://www.theguardian.com/film/2016/jun/11/teenage-kicks-review-a-compelling-new-voice-in-queer-australian-cinema "Teenage Kicks review a compelling new voice in queer Australian cinema"]. 'The Guardian', 11 June 2016. The film stars Miles Szanto as Mikls Varga, the son of Hungarian immigrants to Australia who is struggling to come to terms with his sexual attraction to his best friend Dan (Daniel Webber) in the wake of having been indirectly responsible for his older brother Tomi's (Nadim Kobeissi) accidental death.Erin Free, [https://www.filmink.com.au/craig-boreham-teenage-kicks-mardi-gras/ "Craig Boreham: Teenage Kicks At Mardi Gras"]. 'Filmink', 21 February 2017.
The film's cast also includes Shari Sebbens as Annuska, Charlotte Best as Phaedra, Tony Poli and Anni Finsterer as Mikls's parents Viktor and Illona, and Ian Roberts as Dan's father Jack. The film was compared by some film critics to 'Head On', the 1998 film about a gay Greek Australian man.
The film premiered in June 2016 at the 2016 Sydney Film Festival.Stephen A. Russell, [https://www.sbs.com.au/topics/pride/article/2016/05/30/teenage-kicks-steams-sydney-film-festival "'Teenage Kicks' steams up Sydney Film Festival"]. SBS, 30 May 2016.
Szanto won the award for Best Performance in a Male Role at the 2017 Iris Prize festival.[https://www.filmink.com.au/public-notice/teenage-kicks-win-iris-prize-uk/ "Teenage Kicks win at the Iris Prize in UK"]. 'Filmink'. Composer David Barber received an AACTA Award nomination for Best Original Music Score at the 6th AACTA Awards,Seanna Cronin, [https://www.westernstarnews.com.au/news/hacksaw-ridge-wins-big-first-round-aacta-awards/3119483/ "Hacksaw Ridge wins big in first round of AACTA Awards"]. 'The Western Star', 5 December 2016. and Boreham received an Australian Directors' Guild nomination for Best Direction in a Feature Film.[https://screenrealm.com/2017-australian-directors-guild-adg-awards-nominees-list/ "2017 Australian Directors Guild Awards: Nominees Announced"]. 'Screen Realm', 6 April 2017.
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