Actor (m/d) as "Social Worker/Drag Queen Peter" for a student graduation film
The film is set in 1993 in a rehabilitation center for juvenile delinquents. In this fictional facility, young men who have committed crimes are prepared for life in society through physical labor, discipline and an authoritarian set of rules. The program follows a clear ideal: masculinity means toughness, control - and setting boundaries.
But what happens when one of these men doesn't fit into this ideal? When someone like Azad - openly gay, sensitive, strong in his own way - becomes a target? And what if the social worker who is supposed to put him on the "right path" carries a repressed queer past himself - one that inexorably pushes to the surface through the encounter with Azad?
"BO-YS" tells of toxic images of masculinity, of shame and self-denial, of the destructive power of internalized homophobia - and at the same time of the possibility of tender closeness and rebellion in a place that actually wants to make all of this impossible.
More details in the appendix.
Student production: Unfortunately, we cannot pay a fee, but meals and travel costs will be covered
Contact person: Nicodemus
Scene 20.1 was added for a self-tape.
PETER is both the protagonist and the antagonist of the story - a man full of inner contradictions.
As a social worker in a rehabilitation programme for young men with a criminal past, he appears committed, conscientious and structured. But behind this controlled façade lies a deep web of self-denial and unfulfilled identity.
In his past, Peter went through a queer development that never came to fruition due to social pressure and personal loss. Out of fear and shame, he suppressed this part of himself and took refuge in a life of strict conformity. Today, he is convinced that he has to mold young men into "real men" - according to his own ideas of toxic masculinity. Even he is unaware of whether this is really about their resocialization or more about the need to overcompensate for his own repressed identity.
However, Peter's controlled world view is shaken when Azad, an openly gay, charismatic young man, joins the programme. Azad's unwavering self-respect and his refusal to conform confront Peter with a past he has buried for decades. The more Peter tries to "shape" Azad, the clearer his own tragic irony becomes: a man who wants to help others to survive in society has never learned to be himself.