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Outing

Sebastian Meise, Thomas Reider
| Austria, Germany
| 2012
| 75 min

Sven is a goofy, floppy haired 26-year-old student. He is also a paedophile. The eternally unbreakable taboo is brought under the microscope in this confronting and controversial documentary as, incredibly, Sven ‘outs’ himself to the audience. Having realised at the age of fifteen that he was attracted to children, Sven is firm in maintaining that he will never act on his desires. Over four years of filming Sven attempts to remain steadfast, seeking professional help yet also testing his self-imposed boundaries. Outing raises uncomfortable questions about where the line is drawn in acting on such forbidden desires, while shedding light on this morally unacceptable yet clearly existent problem.

Director
Sebastian Meise, Thomas Reider
Producer
Sabine Moser, Oliver Neumann
Premiere
Australian Premiere
Section
Panorama
Festival Year
2012