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2012 Canadian film

For Dorian
Film poster
Directed by	Rodrigo Barriuso
Written by	Rodrigo Barriuso
Produced by	Rodrigo Barriuso Davina Rimmer
Starring	Ron Lea Dylan Harman
Cinematography	Kelly Jeffrey
Edited by	Michelle Szemberg
Music by	Michael Vincent
Production company	El Pensamiento Films
Release date	June 2, 2012 (2012-06-02)
Running time	16 minutes
Country	Canada
Language	English

For Dorian is a 2012 Canadian short drama film, written and directed by Rodrigo Barriuso. The film stars Ron Lea as Oliver Baum, the father of a child with Down syndrome (Dylan Harman) who is struggling to come to terms with his son's sexual awakening as gay.

The film premiered in 2012 at the TIFF Bell Lightbox as part of the Ryerson University Film Festival, the annual festival of short films by Ryerson University film students. Its subsequent screenings included the 2013 Slamdance Film Festival and the 2013 Inside Out Film and Video Festival, where it won the juried award for Best Canadian Film. It was co-winner with Antoine Bourges's East Hastings Pharmacy of the Lindalee Tracey Award.

It was subsequently included in Boys on Film 11: We Are Animals, the eleventh volume of Peccadillo Pictures' Boys on Film DVDs of gay-themed short films.

References

Cecilia Crespo, "For Dorian, por Rodrigo para conmover y hacernos pensar". OnCuba News, June 1, 2014.
^ "Queer Offerings From The 2013 Slamdance Film Festival, Sundance’s Little Sister". Queerty, January 18, 2013.
"Five films to look out for at the Ryerson University Film Festival". Ryerson Folio, May 31, 2012.
"Weekly roundup: distribution, awards and funding news". Playback, June 7, 2013.
Peter Knegt, "‘When I Walk,’ ‘Dragon Girls’ Top Hot Docs Winners". IndieWire, May 5, 2013.
"Boys On Film 11: We Are Animals – DVD Review". Candid, March 17, 2014.

External links

For Dorian at IMDb

v t e Inside Out Film and Video Festival Award for Best Canadian Film
The Grace of God (1998) Laugh in the Dark (1999) Johnny Greyeyes (2000) Hey, Happy! (2001) Miss 501: A Portrait of Luck (2002) Saved by the Belles (2003) Sugar (2004) Everyone (2005) Amnesia: The James Brighton Enigma and 533 Statements (2006) The Chinese Botanist's Daughters (2007) Be Like Others (2008) Fig Trees (2009) Mark (2010) Home of the Buffalo (2011) She Said Boom: The Story of Fifth Column (2012) For Dorian (2013) Tom at the Farm (2014) What We Have (2015) Closet Monster (2016) Rebels on Pointe (2017) Love, Scott (2018) Drag Kids (2019) No Ordinary Man (2020) Fanny: The Right to Rock (2021) Out in the Ring (2022) Supporting Our Selves (2023) A Mother Apart (2024)

Inside Out Film and Video Festival Award for Best Canadian Film

The Grace of God (1998)
Laugh in the Dark (1999)
Johnny Greyeyes (2000)
Hey, Happy! (2001)
Miss 501: A Portrait of Luck (2002)
Saved by the Belles (2003)
Sugar (2004)
Everyone (2005)
Amnesia: The James Brighton Enigma and 533 Statements (2006)
The Chinese Botanist's Daughters (2007)
Be Like Others (2008)
Fig Trees (2009)
Mark (2010)
Home of the Buffalo (2011)
She Said Boom: The Story of Fifth Column (2012)
For Dorian (2013)
Tom at the Farm (2014)
What We Have (2015)
Closet Monster (2016)
Rebels on Pointe (2017)
Love, Scott (2018)
Drag Kids (2019)
No Ordinary Man (2020)
Fanny: The Right to Rock (2021)
Out in the Ring (2022)
Supporting Our Selves (2023)
A Mother Apart (2024)

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