#coming-of-age-film

#coming-of-age-film

SFFILM has awarded $543,000 in grants to film filmmakers from around the world. The funding, announced today, will support over 30 projects ranging from short films to full-length documentaries. While the artistic development grants support filmmakers as far away as Haiti, Honduras, Ghana and Guatemala, a handful of recipients have Bay Area ties - and are telling Bay Area stories.

When Ben tells his parents, (Amy Landecker and Judson Mills), that he wants to talk to them about something-being non-binary-a door is heard being slammed. Ben is next seen barefoot and crying outside. Having been thrown out of his home, he calls his estranged sister, Hannah (Alexandra Daddario), in Raleigh, who takes him in. Her husband, Thomas (Cole Sprouse), helps Ben get settled in a new school, where he meets Nathan (Miles Guttierez-Riley), whom he learns is bi.