Head On (1998)
August 13, 1998Release Date

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Cast & Crew.

Alex Dimitriades
Ari

Paul Capsis
Johnny

Julian Garner
Sean

Elena Mandalis
Betty

Tony Nikolakopoulos
Dimitri

Damien Fotiou
Joe

Eugenia Fragos
Sophia

Dora Kaskanis
Dina

Alex Papps
Peter

Vassili Zappa
Vassili

Andrea Mandalis
Alex

Chris Kaglaros
Groom

Ourania Sideropoulos
Bride

Anthony Lyritzis
Boy in Car

Ana Gonzalez
Woman Sleeping

Maya Stange
Janet

Aimee Robertson
Nose Ring Girl

Nathan Farinella
Young Ari

Paul Farinella
Young Peter

María Mercedes
Tasia

Dina Mann
Casting

Mira Robertson
Screenplay

Ana Kokkinos
Director / Screenplay

Christos Tsiolkas
Novel

Paul Heath
Art Direction

Jane Scott
Producer

Andrew Bovell
Screenplay

Jaems Grant
Cinematography

Anna Borghesi
Costume Design

Catherine Bishop
Production Manager

Jill Bilcock
Editor

Nikki DiFalco
Production Design

Andy Pappas
Unit Production Manager

Ollie Olsen
Music

Phil Jones
Assistant Director

Iain Pirret
Assistant Director

Christian Robinson
Assistant Director
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Details.
Release DateAugust 13, 1998
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 44m
Box Office$378,667
Filming LocationsMelbourne, Australia
Genres
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Head On is a 1998 Australian LGBT-related romantic drama film directed by Ana Kokkinos, who wrote the screenplay with Andrew Bovell and Mira Robertson. The film is based on the 1995 novel Loaded by Christos Tsiolkas. The film stars Alex Dimitriades, Paul Capsis, Elena Mandalis and Damien Fotiou. The film tells the story of Ari (Dimitriades), a dissolute 19-year-old second generation Greek-Australian in Melbourne. Ari is caught between his conservative Greek background and modern Australia, amid his homosexual desire.
The film premiered in May 1998 at the Cannes Film Festival, three months ahead of its Australian premiere.
The film gained notoriety upon its release for its sexual explicitness, including a graphic masturbation scene performed by Dimitriades and numerous sex scenes. The film was a commercial success in Australia and received generally positive reviews from critics, with reviewers praising its stark realism, the lead performance by Dimitriades and the uncompromising subject matter. It received nine nominations at the 1998 Australian Film Institute Awards and won 29 awards and accolades in Australia and overseas.
Australia's National Film and Sound Archive curator recognises it as a pioneering project in Australian filmmaking: "In terms of iconoclast daring, Head On has no equal in Australian cinema." Continuing that it concludes with the "most beautiful and enigmatic endings of any Australian film." It was Australia's first example of New queer cinema and is regarded as a "landmark piece of Australian queer cinema".
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