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Boys Who Likes Girls (2018)

Two years has passed since the infamous gang rape in New Delhi. 16-year-old Ved, son of an abusive father and submissive mother, has been invited to join a new boys’ club near the slum he lives in. At the club Ved is mentored by Aspar, a kind and supportive social worker, but there is also a deeper meaning; to invite him and other boys to think about masculinity in new ways.

Boys Who Like Girls follows Ved for three years, as he comes of age with the support of Aspar and a new unlikely acquaintance: Harish -a feminist man in his 50s who has dedicated his life to abolishing violence towards women and challenging aggressive masculinity. Which way will Ved eventually choose? Is Ved’s future to pave way for a more equal world? Or will it be easier to follow age old traditions?


Directed by Inka Achté

Produced by Liisa Karpo/ napafilms

Coproduced by Christan Falch and Torstein Parelius / UpNorth

Ruchi Bhimani / One-eyed Turtle Films

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