ScreenPrism spoke to director/writer/producer Stephen Dunn before the film’s premiere in TIFF and Telefilm Canada’s See the North.Īn aspiring practical effects artist, Oscar (Connor Jessup) is desperate to leave his small Newfoundland town.
(The main character’s best friend is a talking hamster named Buffy.) Magical realism sets the stage for 18-year-old Oscar Madly to accept his sexuality. It is a coming-to-terms-with-sexuality film, tinged with fantasy.
Closet Monster (2016) isn’t a coming-of-age film.
