Uisce Goriss-Dazeley

A shy teen juggles the pressures of high school and her conservative Chinese-Australian family after falling for her best friend, Stella.

A seventeen-year-old boy struggles to understand and embrace his sexuality as he comes of age in the working class suburbs of Melbourne. A masterfully-crafted feature-length debut from Australian writer-director Gabriel Carrubba, ‘Sunflower’ is a vibrant, sexy and deeply affecting portrait of one young man who finds hope – and himself – in the face of adversity.

Amidst wild parties, unwanted body hair and Shakespeare, three Aussie mates in their last year of high school discover what it truly means to grow up.