CFF26 - Poster Boy: Becoming Zyzz

<div>Internet Myth, Aesthetics and Modern Masculinity.&nbsp;&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>Fifteen years after the tragic death of Zyzz – 19 year-old Aziz Shavershian – comes a documentary about his meteoric rise to online fame, in the early years of internet culture. Zyzz’s online persona garnered him intense admiration, and opposition, as his hyper-confident, hyper-masculine, body focused posts and videos tracked his transformation, from an awkward, shy teenager to the leader of the ‘Aesthetics Movement’.&nbsp;&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>Told through an expertly woven collection of archival footage, home videos, and intimate interviews with his brother Said Shavershian - “Chestbrah&nbsp; – and his close friends at the time, we see the positive and darker impacts of fitness culture and body image on Zyzz and other young men’s lives, in a conversation increasingly relevant today.&nbsp;&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div><div><b>PANEL DISCUSSION: Storytelling for Change | 60min&nbsp;</b></div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>Join us following this FREE screening for a panel discussion about how film can open up space for tough discussions. We’ll explore new resource HOW TO TALK ABOUT POSTER BOY- a first-time conversation guide on the issues in the film, produced by The Man Cave to support parents and carers in starting conversations with the boys and young men in their lives, and where we go from here.  &nbsp;</b></div><div><br></div><div>Panel Guests: Tom Blackwell (producer, Poster Boy: Becoming Zyzz), Lucy Barrat, Education &amp; Product Manager, The Man Cave) and more to be announced.&nbsp;</div></div>DocumentaryPT1H22MMA 15+2026-10-24AUen
Aziz "Zyzz" Shavershian
Said Shavershian
Paolo Cianci
Selina Miles
Gal Greenspan
Tom Blackwell
CFF26 - Poster Boy: Becoming Zyzz"CFF26 - Poster Boy: Becoming Zyzz"

Showtimes

October 24, 1:00 pm

Dendy Canberra