STEVE ANDREW enjoys an account of the many communities that flourished independently of and in resistance to the empires of old
Sex and social media in the frame
MARIA DUARTE is mesmerised by an arresting, queer coming-of-age story from Down Under
Sequin In A Blue Room (18)
Directed by Samuel Van Grinsven
SAMUEL VAN GRINSVEN’S wonderfully arresting debut feature is an affecting, queer, teenage coming-of-age story all rolled into one.
Set in Australia, the film is a frank and uncompromising examination of sex and social media today — as seen through the eyes of 16-year-old Sequin (Conor Leach) as he explores his blossoming sexuality through anonymous, no-strings sexual encounters via an app.
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