For Dorian is a 2012 Canadian short drama film, written and directed by Rodrigo Barriuso.Cecilia Crespo, "For Dorian, por Rodrigo para conmover y hacernos pensar". OnCuba News, June 1, 2014. The film stars Ron Lea as Oliver Baum, the father of a child with Down syndrome (Dylan Harman) who is struggling to come to terms with his son's sexual awakening as gay."Queer Offerings From The 2013 Slamdance Film Festival, Sundance’s Little Sister". Queerty, January 18, 2013.
The film premiered in 2012 at the TIFF Bell Lightbox as part of the Ryerson University Film Festival, the annual festival of short films by Ryerson University film students."Five films to look out for at the Ryerson University Film Festival". Ryerson Folio, May 31, 2012. Its subsequent screenings included the 2013 Slamdance Film Festival and the 2013 Inside Out Film and Video Festival, where it won the juried award for Best Canadian Film."Weekly roundup: distribution, awards and funding news". Playback, June 7, 2013. It was co-winner with Antoine Bourges's East Hastings Pharmacy of the Lindalee Tracey Award.Peter Knegt, "‘When I Walk,’ ‘Dragon Girls’ Top Hot Docs Winners". IndieWire, May 5, 2013.
It was subsequently included in Boys on Film 11: We Are Animals, the eleventh volume of Peccadillo Pictures' Boys on Film DVDs of gay-themed short films."Boys On Film 11: We Are Animals – DVD Review". Candid, March 17, 2014.
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