Dolan’s movie “Heartbeats” is the second film by the former child actor, who has appeared in both his own movies. It tells the story of a man and a woman infatuated with the same young man and was reported to have been a favorite with audiences at the 57th Sydney Film Festival, which screened 157 films from 47 countries.

“With a witty and insightful script and strikingly playful use of cinematic language, the jury found ‘Heartbeats’ to be a boldly truthful and compassionate observation of one of the great crippling foibles of human nature — the hopeless crush,” Sydney Film Festival Jury President Jan Chapman said. Dolan’s first movie in 2009, “J’ai tue ma mere” (“I killed my mother”), which explored a mother/son bond, won three awards from the director’s fortnight at the 2009 Cannes Film Festival. “Heartbeats,” which held it premiere at the 63rd Cannes Film Festival last month, was one of 12 official competition films at Sydney.