The Miseducation of Cameron Post, a new drama about sexual conversion therapy forced on LGBTQI+ people, has taken out the top prize at the 2018 Sundance Film Festival.
The film was awarded the prestigious grand jury prize for the 'US dramatic competition' section of the festival.
Starring Chloe Grace Moretz and Sasha Lane, the film follows a teenage girl in 1993, who is forced to attend a gay conversion therapy centre called 'God's Promise' after her conservative, deeply religious aunt and uncle discover her in the middle of a sexual encounter with the prom queen.
The 'coming of age' drama is directed by Desiree Akhavan, and is based on the novel of the same name by Emily M. Danforth.
While the story is set in the early nineties, Moretz told reporters at Sundance that they wanted to bring awareness to the fact the sexual conversion therapy still exists, and is widely legal in the United States to this day:
"On behalf of the entire 'Cameron Post' team we want to dedicate this to the LGBTQ survivors of sexual conversion therapy," she said.
"We just wanted to make this movie to shine a light onto the fact that it is only illegal in nine states out of the 50 states in this country to practice sexual conversion therapy."
