Boys on the Rooftop

by Julián Hernández
Category
Director
Julián Hernández
Country / Year
Mexico, 2016
Genre
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Rights
Festivals, Sales
Length
18′, col.

SYNOPSIS

Sergio and Octavio discover each other playing games of desire and seduction during a celebration evening. Once it’s over, both of them will have a piece of each other: their joint gay moments.

DIRECTOR

Julián Hernández is born in Mexico City in 1972 and he graduated in film from the state University UNAM. Among his previous works are the feature films Broken Sky (2006), A Thousand Clouds of Peace Fence the Sky, Love, Your Being Love Will Never End  (2003), winner of the Teddy Award at Berlin Film Festival and Raging Sun, Raging Sky, winner of the same Award but in 2009. His four last features, all represented by The Open Reel, are: I Am Happiness on Earth (2014), Tattoo of Revenge (2018), Asphalt Goddess (2019), The Trace of Your Lips (2023). Hernández has also directed the short films Por encima del abismo de la desesperación (1996), Hubo un tiempo en que los sueños dieron paso a largas noches de insomnio (1997), Bramadero (2007), Vago rumor de mares en zozobra (2008), Atmósfera (2010), Wandering Clouds (2013), Young Man at the Bar Masturbating with Rage and Nerve (2015), Boys on the Rooftop (2016) and The Day Began Yesterday (2020). Two Amongst Many (2022) and Cobalto (2023) are his last short productions.

    • Title
      Boys on the Rooftop
    • Rights
      Festivals, Sales
    • Country
      Mexico
    • Year
      2016
    • Length
      18′, col.
    • Director
      Julián Hernández
    • Screenplay
      Emiliano Arenales Osorio, Sergio Loo
    • Editing
      Adriana Martínez
    • Photography
      Alejandro Cantú
    • Music
      Arturo Villela Vega
    • Sound
      Luis René Camacho, Maxime Bedot,
      Armando Narváez del Valle
    • Cast
      Hugo Catalán, Alan Ramírez, Mauricio Rico
    • Producer
      Roberto Fiesco, Ernesto Martínez Arévalo,
      Iliana Reyes
    • Production
      Mil Nubes Cine, Cine Invencible Cine
    • Guadalajara International Film Festival 2016 – Latinamerican Short Film Competition
    • In & Out Nice 2016
    • Inside Out Toronto LGBT Film Festival 2016
    • Mix Mexico 2016
    • Korea Queer Film Festival Seoul 2016
    • Outfest Los Angeles 2016
    • Monterrey International Queer Film Festival 2016
    • July Men’s Summer Hot Shorts Fest Huntington 2016
    • Guanajuato International Film Festival 2016
    • Qfilms Long Beach Film Festival 2016
    • Cinema Queer International Film Festival Stockholm 2016
    • Asterisco Buenos Aires 2016
    • Sardinia Queer Short Film Festival 2016 – Out of Competition
    • Cologne Filmforum NRW 2017
    • Philadelphia qFLIX 2017
    • Cine Lido – Centro Cultural Bella Epoca Mexico City 2017
    • Boston Museum of Fine Arts 2017
    • Shorts Mexico Mexico City 2018
    • Roma Pride 2018
    • Cineteca Nacional Mexico City 2018
    • Cineteca Nacional Mexico City 2021 – Retrospective Julián Hernández
    • Locarno 2014 – Filmmakers of the Present – Special Mention
    • Katowice 2014 – Ars Independent Festival – Student Jury Award
    • Pesaro Film Festival 2015 – Best Feature Film
    • Murcia International Film Festival 2015 – Audience Award
    • Spirit of Fire 2015 – Second Prize
    • Film Festival Vicoli Corti 2015 – Special Mention for the Best Photography
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