Shelter (2007)

Shelter: Directed by Jonah Markowitz. With Trevor Wright, Brad Rowe, Tina Holmes, Jackson Wurth. When his college dreams are sidelined by family obligations, a young man finds comfort in surfing with his best friend’s brother.

“This has got to be the best film Iu0026#39;ve seen at the San Francisco LGBT film festival in years. The director and cast were in attendance at the world premiere and they were given a worthy standing ovation. Writer/director Jonah Markowitz did a fantastic job of flushing out real characters. Trevor Wright was a real natural and convincing as someone struggling to come out. He really made you feel his pain. The story about his codependent sister is dead-on. Brad Rowe is like a young Greg Kinnear. You canu0026#39;t help liking him. The soundtrack was excellent and I hope to see it released. This is the first film from here! Network and I hope to see more of this quality. Incidentally, Iu0026#39;ve noticed on the IMDb search that there are two other films being released in 2007 with the title u0026quot;Shelteru0026quot; and there a half dozen films in the past with the same title. Also, on the allmovie guide (AMG) site there is an Italian film with the same title. Interesting enough, that film is being shown at the SF LGBT festival and was changed to Shelter Me. Hopefully, the u0026quot;surfer gay movieu0026quot; will stand out.”