Funny Boy follows the story of Arjie, a young boy growing up in a large Tamil family in Sri Lanka. He is perceptive, even as a child, to his inclinations towards habits that others around him seem to call “girly.”

Deepa Mehta’s film Water was nominated for the Oscars in this very category, back in 2007.

Shyam Selvadurai’s  coming-of-age novel Funny Boy. The film will be released on Netflix in the US, UK, New Zealand and Australia on December 10, 2020.