Close To You

Elliot Page gives a delicate but defiantly star turn in his first feature role as a trans man since coming out in 2020. Sam (Page) is facing a nerve-shredding experience familiar to many queer people – returning home to a family occasion after a period of estrangement. What begins as a gentle reunion drama soon unravels, and in his time-out from familial stresses, Sam runs into a former hometown lover, Katherine, played by the brilliant Hillary Baack. 

The nostalgia of their younger days threatens to sweep them both away, but the world has changed and so have they. Close To You’s improvised script and close co-production with the actors and director Dominic Savage is a model of queer film-making that lends the piece an intimate natural realism that is such a deep pleasure to sink into. Page is a star for his time and this film seems a perfect way to close out our festival and welcome in another new era in LGBTQIA cinema. See you at the Closing Gala.

Dir. Dominic Savage 

Writer: Dominic Savage, Elliot Page

Producer: Elliot Page, Dominic Savage, Krishnendu Majumdar, Richard Yee

USA, UK, Canada/ 2024 

1hr 40m