It had its world premiere on 14 June 2019 at the Sydney Film Festival, where it won an award for Best Narrative Feature, and was released in theatres in August 2020.

Sequin meets his one-night-stands through a dating app, and quickly ghosts them after their sexual liaison, in order to remain emotionally detached.

Near the end, he gets tricked into returning to The Blue Room based on false information on how to find Edward, but when he arrives, he is ambushed by B who savagely beats him.

In the end, he reconciles with his dad and goes home, and the final scene shows Sequin and Tommy in his room watching Twilight together.

Leach had no prior film experience, but his agent sent Van Grinsven an email about Conor anyway, and he asked for an audition tape.

He only watched the first two lines of Leach's tape, and said he knew "in an instant that he captured the self-awareness, quiet confidence, and the cunning energy of the character".

[2] Harry Windsor of The Hollywood Reporter gave it a positive review, saying actor Conor Leach is "quietly riveting at the film's centre" and overall the film is an "auspicious feature debut...and upholstered by an impressive command of good old-fashioned craft" by director Samuel Van Grinsven.

[6] Peter Debruge writes that director Van Grinsven "opts not to dwell on the cautionary side of his striking 21st-century coming-of-age fable", and the film expertly "blends elements of fantasy and thriller", for a generally "illuminating" experience.

[7] Gary Kramer wrote in his review for Gay City News that director Van Grinsven is definitely talented, "but despite its potential, this intriguing coming-of-age film never quite excites".

[8] The Guardian said that although coming-of-age stories are not at all uncommon, Van Grinsven directs this film with "lustre and style", and praised the performance of Leach as a "silky, feline presence who owns every moment that he's on screen".