BLUE CITRUS HEARTS
90min 2003 DV
Distributed by Ariztical Entertainment
A first love could quite possibly be the last for Sam, a Memphis teenager coming to terms with the romantic feelings he harbors for his best friend, Julian. Will the love he feels for this boy guide him through his struggles with his abusive father, ignorant girlfriend, and suicidal thoughts -- or will the conflict that his love for Julian stirs throughout his life prove to be more than one boy can handle?
Best Feature Film
-Reeling 2003 22nd Annual Chicago Lesbian and Gay Film Fest
Best Feature Film
-Indie Memphis Film Fest
Outstanding Director Award For the Advancement of Cinema
-Magnolia Independent
Film fest
Honourable Mention
-Berkeley Video and Film Fest
“one of the top 20 films of 2003”
-The Chicago Reader -The Commercial Appeal
“THREE STARS” “DEEPLY AFFECTING”
-CHICAGO TRIBUNE -CHICAGO SUN TIMES
OFFICIAL SELECTION:
2005
Melbourne Gay and Lesbian Film Fest-16th Annual NewFest NewYork
Nashville
Independent Film Fest-Austin gay and Lesbian Film Fest
Long
Island Gay and Lesbian Film Festival-Filmstock at the Central Pennsylvania
Festival of Arts
Aspen
Gay and Lesbian Film Fest-Triangle TV Fest, New Zealand
DENVER Independent Film Fest-Oxford Film Festival-OUTTAKES Dallas
…"the most honest, organic, and deeply touching film shown in the history of the festival." -Reeling 2003 Fest Organizers
“Fox
and his shoestring Memphis film cooperative succeed in capturing the intensity
of teen angst where many Hollywood films fail.”
-Variety
Magazine
"this movie captures all the awkwardness, angst, despair,
exhilaration and confusion of being a teenager. It’s raw and aching, beautiful
and honest...
I am adding Fox to my list of filmmakers to watch and I am
wondering just what is going on in Memphis, Tenn., to foster work so solid and
accomplished"
-Chicago Free Press
"its
languid rhythms and the incontestable authority of its nonprofessional actors
pulled me in like an undertow.
"
-Chicago Reader
