On the cusp of adulthood, the world's longest running gay short film series is only getting started. Boys On Film 20: Heaven Can Wait includes eleven complete films: Bassem Ben Brahim's animated "Chromophobia"; Jimi Vall Peterson's "Sleepover" starring Hjalmar Hardestam and Simon Eriksson; Mickey Jones's "Just Me" starring Philip Olivier and Carl Loughlin; Matthew Jacobs Morgan's "Mine" starring Joshua McGuire and John Macmillan; Dale John Allen's "Don't Blame Jack" starring Jordan Tweddle and Kane Surry; Timothy Ryan Hickernell's "Foreign Lovers" co-starring Lucio Nieto; Layke Anderson's "Mankind" starring Ricky Nixon and Alexis Gregory; Christopher Manning's "Isha" starring Horia Săvescu and Dario Coates; Jay Russell's "ruok" starring Peter Mark Kendall, Zachary Booth, and Sydney James Harcourt; Chintis Lundgren's animated "Manivald"; and Zoe McIntosh's "The World In Your Window" starring Joe Folau and David Lolofakangalo Rounds.
Jay Russell, Dale John Allen, Matthew Jacobs Morgan, Timothy Ryan Hickernell, Bassem Ben Brahim, Mickey Jones, Christopher Manning, Layke Anderson, Zoe McIntosh, Jimi Vall Peterson, Chintis Lundgren
Director
Hjalmar Hardestam
Emil (segment "Sleepover")
Simon Eriksson
Adam (segment "Sleepover")
Philip Olivier
Scott (segment "Just Me")
Carl Loughlin
Connor (segment "Just Me")
Chauntelle Bowler
Kelly (segment "Just Me")
Joshua McGuire
Liam (segment "Mine")
John Macmillan
Ben (segment "Mine")
Jordan Tweddle
Jack (segment "Don't Blame Jack")
Kane Surry
Frank (segment "Don't Blame Jack")
Timothy Ryan Hickernell
American (segment "Foreign Lovers")
Lucio Nieto
Foreigner (segment "Foreign Lovers")
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