---
title: 'Head On (1998)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Ana Kokkinos'
released: '1998-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 104
genres:
  - 'Drama'
countries:
  - 'Australia'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/head-on-1998'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0138487/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Head On (1998)

1998 · 104 min · Drama · Australia


## Synopsis

Head On is a 1998 Australian LGBT-related romantic drama film directed by Ana Kokkinos, who wrote the screenplay with Andrew Bovell and Mira Robertson. The film is based on the 1995 novel Loaded by Christos Tsiolkas. The film stars Alex Dimitriades, Paul Capsis, Elena Mandalis and Damien Fotiou. The film tells the story of Ari (Dimitriades), a dissolute 19-year-old second generation Greek-Australian in Melbourne. Ari is caught between his conservative Greek background and modern Australia, amid his homosexual desire.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Ana Kokkinos](https://cinepixo.com/people/ana-kokkinos)
- **Screenplay:** [Ana Kokkinos](https://cinepixo.com/people/ana-kokkinos), [Andrew Bovell](https://cinepixo.com/people/andrew-bovell), [Christos Tsiolkas](https://cinepixo.com/people/christos-tsiolkas)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Ollie Olsen](https://cinepixo.com/people/ollie-olsen)
- **Producer:** [Jane Scott](https://cinepixo.com/people/jane-scott)
- **Editor:** [Jill Bilcock](https://cinepixo.com/people/jill-bilcock)

## Cast

- [William Zappa](https://cinepixo.com/people/william-zappa)
- [Elena Mandalis](https://cinepixo.com/people/elena-mandalis)
- [Julian Garner](https://cinepixo.com/people/julian-garner)
- [Irene Grazioli](https://cinepixo.com/people/irene-grazioli)
- [Alex Papps](https://cinepixo.com/people/alex-papps)
- [Alex Dimitriades](https://cinepixo.com/people/alex-dimitriades)
- [Tony Nikolakopoulos](https://cinepixo.com/people/tony-nikolakopoulos)
- [Maria Mercedes](https://cinepixo.com/people/maria-mercedes)
- [Damien Fotiou](https://cinepixo.com/people/damien-fotiou)
- [Paul Capsis](https://cinepixo.com/people/paul-capsis)

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