Truly Naked

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Director: Muriel d'Ansembourg

Writer: Muriel d'Ansembourg

Cast: Caolán O’Gorman,

Andrew Howard, Alessa Savage, Safiya Benaddi

Duration: 102 mins

Language: English

Country: Netherlands, Belgium, France

Cert: 18 (TBC)

Year: 2026

Genre: Drama

Surrounded by the family business of porn, Alec encounters a radically different understanding of intimacy when he meets Nina.

Alec, a soft-spoken, introverted teenager, has always viewed life through the lens of his father’s small-time pornography business. When they relocate from London to a sleepy seaside town, Alec hopes for a fresh start, trying to make friends without revealing his unconventional life. Everything shifts when he meets the fiercely independent Nina, whose convictions redefine the world he has grown up in. As their relationship deepens, Alec’s understanding of sexuality and desire begins to shift. What begins as an unlikely connection evolves into a tender and unexpectedly heartwarming story about discovering real intimacy - and what it truly means to be seen.

Official Selection at Berlin International Film Festival 2026, TRULY NAKED is the feature debut of BAFTA-nominated writer-director Muriel d’Ansembourg.

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OFFICIAL SELECTION

Berlin International Film Festival 2026

“Truly Naked is forthright and unflinching in its depiction of the sex industry… while it is certainly not coy, the film handles Alec’s emotional journey with sensitivity and care... diligently researched… and non-judgmental... O’Gorman gives a lovely, natural performance, and the scenes between Alec and his unconventional but unconditionally supportive dad are genuinely heartwarming."

Wendy Ide, Screen Daily

“Given the current cultural climate, it’s easy to assume a film about teenage boys and pornography would trigger every conceivable alarm. Truly Naked, however, has no interest in such noise. Muriel d’Ansembourg’s debut feature sidesteps moral panic entirely, opting instead for something entirely unexpected"

★★★★

The Upcoming

“a tender and eminently zeitgeisty coming-of-age love story... The delicate topic is handled by d’Ansembourg with the most careful of touches, and O’Gorman and Benaddi make for a fantastic acting pairing... the film is as gentle as it is fully explicit, and this may be d’Ansembourg’s biggest achievement: to look at the topic from all angles without judgement... Truly Naked can work as a great conversation starter."