Samuel Van Grinsven’s stylish debut feature is an uncompromising exploration of sex and social media. Powerfully intense and visually stunning, this bold and energetic coming-of-age tale features a breakout performance from Conor Leach, who plays the teenager Sequin. The film won the Audience Award for Best Feature at the Sydney Film Festival and has played to wide acclaim around the world, including Outfest and Toronto International Film Festival.
_Sequin in a Blue Room_ is the story of Sequin, a teenager who is exploring his burgeoning sexuality through an obsession with anonymous, no-strings sexual encounters. That is until he finds his way into The Blue Room - a strictly anonymous, group sex party - where a whole new, alluring world unfolds before him. There, Sequin connects with a captivating stranger, but they are separated suddenly. Utterly fixated on this man, Sequin sets off on an exhilarating and dangerous mission to track him down.
★★★★ "With such an impressive debut, Van Grinsven is surely one to watch." - Phuong Le, The Guardian
18
80 minutes
2021
Drama
Australia
English
None
Peccadillo Pictures