Director Craig Boreham pulls no punches with his directorial feature debut Teenage Kicks. The film follows seventeen year old Miklós Varga (Miles Szanto) as his world is turned upside down with the death of his older brother forcing him to confront grief, family, friendships and his sexuality.  Boreham brings to the screen a courageous coming-of-age story (based on his 2009 short Drowning) that is brimming with a talented young cast.  We chatted to Craig in the lead up to the Teenage Kicks world premiere at the  Sydney Film Festival.   The film explores a few emotional themes, how did this affect you and the cast during the filming? It was tough on the cast – they really had to go there. We were very lucky we had an amazing cast who up for the challenge. When were casting we were thinking about who gets the film and understands all that subtext and can bring it to the screen. They all worked hard and were amazing actors in their own right. I kept on running on nervous energy  but it was …