Holding the Man is a 2015 Australian romantic drama film adapted from Timothy Conigrave's 1995 memoir of the same name.

It was directed by Neil Armfield and stars Ryan Corr and Craig Stott, with supporting performances from Guy Pearce, Anthony LaPaglia, Sarah Snook, Kerry Fox and Geoffrey Rush.

In 1993, Timothy Conigrave (Ryan Corr) is in Lipari, Italy, and he calls his childhood friend Pepe Trevor (Sarah Snook) in a panic, asking her where his deceased partner John Caleo (Craig Stott) was sitting at a dinner party they had when they were teenagers.

Tim invites John to a dinner party with Pepe and some of their friends from drama class, and they pass a kiss around the table.

Their doctor (Mitchell Butel) then reveals there was a filing mistake and both Tim and John are actually HIV positive.

John stands up to his father and the boys drive off and engage in a brief and humorous session of anal intercourse.

He moves to Sydney for NIDA and has his classes under the instruction of his teacher Barry (Geoffrey Rush), but they clash during a rehearsal for A Streetcar Named Desire.

Despite his mother's warnings of ruining the wedding spirit, Tim tearfully expresses his grief at the fact that he infected John.

While on his travels in Italy, Tim narrates the closing chapter of his memoir, which is his final letter to John.

The film tells the audience Tim completed his memoir (Holding the Man) in October 1994 and succumbed to his AIDS ten days later aged 34.

The film received positive reviews, with particular praise for the chemistry between Craig Stott and Ryan Corr.