Completed - ENGLISH - Drama - 87 minutes
After discovering his recently deceased father had squandered his tuition fund in an illicit affair, a young gay man, desperate to get out of his small Illinois farming town joins the girls volleyball team to win a college scholarship.
Year of production : 2016 Director(s) : Nathan ADLOFF Writer(s) : Nathan ADLOFF, Justin D.m. PALMER Cast : Tim BOARDMAN, Molly SHANNON, Missi PYLE, Yeardley SMITH, Stephen ROOT, Paul REISER Producer(s) : Ash CHRISTIAN, Anne CLEMENTS, Stephen ISRAEL, Lisa g. BLACK, Devon SCHNEIDER
Miles Walton, age 17, divides his time between the exciting new world of AOL chat rooms and the movie theater where he works. He bides his time until he can go away to college in Chicago to study filmmaking as he has always dreamed. One morning his father passes away unexpectedly, revealing a secret affair with a local girl, which ate up all of their family savings. Miles can no longer afford to go to college.Miles looks at the few remaining college scholarships, and finds there’s only one left in Chicago: to the Men’s Volleyball team at Loyola University. Because his high school doesn’t have a men’s team, Miles tries out for the girl’s team. When brash outspoken head coach Leslie Wayne notices Miles’s natural athletic ability, she puts him on the team immediately — regardless of state regulations. Miles's soft-spoken mother Pam (an English teacher at his school) joins a local widow support group where she meets Lloyd O’Brien, the new school district Superintendent. Lloyd asks Pam out on a date, and they begin a quiet relationship. With Miles on the girl’s volleyball team, they destroy their first opponent. Other teams begin forfeiting out of protest.Miles’ plans of attending College are almost derailed by threats of suspension from the School Board. He must fight against the institutions in order to chase his dreams and better his life.
Country(ies) : USA
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Berlinale - Berlin IFF 2016Melbourne Queer Film Festival 2016 (Official Selection)Seattle International Film Festival 2016 (Official Selection)InsideOut 2016 (Official Selection)Provincetown 2016 (Official Selection)Outfest 2016 (Audience Award Best Narrative Feature)Vancouver Queer Film Festival 2016 (Official Selection)Chicago International Film Festival 2016 (Official Selection)Key West Film Festival 2016 (Official Selection)California Independent Film Festival 2016 (Opening Night)North Carolina Gay and Lesbian Film Festival 2016 (Official Selection)Sidewalk / SHOUT Film Festival 2016 (Audience Award - Best Narrative Feature)Portland Queer Film Festival 2016 (Official Selection)Hong Kong Lesbian and Gay Film Festival 2016 (Official Selection)Out On Film / Atlanta 2016 (Official Selection)Tampa Bay International Gay & Lesbian Film Festival 2016 (Audience Award - Best Narrative Feature)OUT at the Movies International LGBT Film Festival 2016 (Closing Night Film)SouthWest Gay and Lesbian Film Festival 2016 (Official Selection)Iris Prize Festival 2016 (In Competition)New York LGBT Film Festival (NewFest) 2016 (Official Selection)Taiwan Queer Film Festival 2016 (Official Selection)Appalachian Queer Film Festival 2016 (Closing Night Film)Rehobeth Beach Film Festival 2016 (Official Selection)Indianapolis LGBT Film Festival 2016 (Official Selection)Bristol Film Festival / Pride 2017 (Official Selection)BFI London Flare 2017 (Official Selection)Cleveland International Film festival 2017 (Official Selection)