Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. On the surface, "Funny Boy" has very little to do with the Barbra Streisand musical its title is riffing on. The story of a fey ...

Ava DuVernay‘s ARRAY Releasing has acquired the highly-anticipated dramatic feature Funny Boy directed by Oscar-nominated filmmaker Deepa Mehta. The film is based on the best-selling Canadian novel by ...

India-born Deepa Mehta, director of the Canadian drama film "Funny Boy," co-wrote the script based on the popular 1994 novel by Shyam Selvadurai about the coming of age of a gay Tamil youth in Sri ...

The film tells a story of awakening sexual identity against the backdrop of Sri Lanka’s most turbulent periods. Acquired by Ava DuVernay’s ARRAY Releasing earlier this month, Deepa Mehta‘s “Funny Boy, ...

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The first trailer for Deepa Mehta’s forthcoming coming-of-age drama Funny Boy debuted today after it was announced that it would be Canada’s official selection for Best International Feature Film for ...

The Oscar-nominated director best known for her Elements Trilogy has made a queer coming-of-age tale that's equally poignant and joyous. From her groundbreaking Elements Trilogy to “Funny Boy,” her ...

Overstuffed but absorbing, Deepa Mehta's adaptation of Shyam Selvadurai's novel takes its young Sri Lankan protagonist through several circles of turmoil as civil war brews in the background. “Don’t ...

'Funny Boy', Canada’s Oscar entry for best international feature, is a gay coming-of-ager set in the lead-up to the civil war in Sri Lanka, directed by Deepa Mehta ('Water'). By Deborah Young If there ...

Deepa Mehta‘s “Funny Boy” will no longer compete in the Academy Awards’ international feature film category and will instead be submitted for consideration in the best picture and general entry ...