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AT LUCY'S LAST NIGHT (2023)


​The morning after hooking up, two recent college grads wrestle with their feelings for each other while a strange and inexplicable phenomenon creeps up in the background. |  
17 minutes | 4K | Color |
{PRESS KIT}

OFFICIAL SELECTION:
​​• Perth Queer Film Festival - Australia - 2025
​​• Out on Film - Atlanta, GA - 2024
​​• Fabulous Independent Film Festival - Tampa, FL - 2024
​​• Stamped Film Festival - Pensacola, FL - 2024
​​• Virginia Queer Film Festival - Norfolk, VA - 2024
​​• Appalachia Queer Film Festival - Shepherdstown, WV. - 2024
​​• SF Queer Film Festival - San Francisco, CA - 2024
​​• ReelQueer Film Festival - Little Rock, AR - 2024
​​• OutSouth Queer Film Festival - Durham, NC- 2024
• Golden Door International Film Festival - Jersey City, NJ - 2024

​• Tag! Queer Shorts Festival - Portland, OR - 2024
​• Roze Filmdagen - Amsterdam LGBTQ+ Film Festival - 2024 - European Premiere
• San Francisco Independent Film Festival - 2024
• Queer Here Cinema - Lost Angeles, CA - 2023
• image+nation Montréal LGBT2SQueer Film Festival - 2023
• Indianapolis LGBT Film Festival - 2023
• Lone Star Film Festival - Fort Worth, TX - 2023
• OutReels Cincinnati - 2023
• ImageOut: Rochester LGBTQ+ Film Festival - 2023 - 
Runner-Up: Jury Award for Best Short Film
• Cinema Diverse: The Palm Springs LGBTQ Film Festival - 2023 - Festival Favorite Award
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​GETTING CLOSER ​
​(2020)

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Two stoned boyfriends navigate unexpected vulnerability (as well as the giggles) while attempting to get off.  |
7 minutes | 4K | Black & White | 
{Press Kit} | Watch the short here.​
WINNER:
• 2022 Erie International Film Festival - 2021 - Best LGBT Film

OFFICIAL SELECTION:
• San Antonio QFest-LGBT International Film Festival - 2022
• PRIDE Queer Film Festival - Perth, Australia - 2022​
• African Smartphone International Film Festival - Lagos, Nigeria - 2021 
• MiMo Milano Mobile Film Festival - 2021
• ImageOUT Rochester LGBT Film Festival - 2021
​• Las Vegas Queer Arts Fest - 2021
​• Way Out West - Albuquerque, NM - 2021
​• Reel Q: Pittsburgh LGBTQ+ Film Festival - 2021
​• qFLIX Philadelphia - 2021
​• Out on Film - Atlanta, GA - 2021
• Tampa Bay International Gay and Lesbian Film Festival - 2021l
​• ​Fabulous Independent Film Festival - Sarasota, FL - 2021
​• Long Beach Q Film Festival - 2021
• Reeling: The Chicago LGBTQ+ International Film Festival - 2021
​• Cinema Diverse: The Palm Springs LGBTQ Film Festival - 2021
​• Burbank International Film Festival - 2021
​• East Village Queer Film Festival - New York, NY - 2021
• Queer North Film Festival - Sudbury, ON - 2021
• Film Pride Brighton & Hove Pride LGBTQ+ Film Festival - 2021
• Mirror Mountain Film Festival - Ottawa, ON - 2021 - Best Screenplay Nominee
• Wicked Queer Boston LGBT Film Festival - 2021

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DADS (2016)

An unexpected visit between a father and his son turns into an unexpected interaction between a father and his son's older lover. |
11 minutes | HD | Color | {Press One-Sheet} | Watch the short here.

AWARD:
• Maumee Film Festival - Maumee, OH - 2017
- 2nd Place, Best Shorts Competition

OFFICIAL SELECTION:
• Indianapolis LGBT Film Festival - 2017
• OutReels Cincinnati - 2017
• Q Cinema LGBTQ Film Festival - Fort Worth, TX - 2017
• Scottish Queer International Film Festival - Glasgow, UK - 2017 - International Premiere
• Film Festival of Columbus - Columbus, OH - 2017
• Wicked Queer Boston LGBT Film Festival - 2017
• Ohio Shorts Festival - Columbus, OH - 2016
• The Society for Photographic Education Media Festival - 
​Orlando, FL - 2017
• Colony Short Film Festival - Marietta, OH - 2017
• Corvallis Queer Film Festival - Corvallis, OR - 2017
• N. Carolina Gay & Lesbian Film Festival - Durham, NC - 2016

FURIOUS SAINT JACK & OTTER, ALONE (2014)

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A lonely young man rhythmically narrates his leap from isolation to ecstasy when he meets a beautiful stranger in a bar.  |
​ 6 minutes | HD | Color | 
{Press Kit} | Watch the short here.

AWARDS:
• Direct Monthly Online Film Festival - 2021 
    - Best LGBT Film of the Month

• Queer 2 Queer Film Festival - McKinney, TX - 2021
   - Taste The Rainbow Award

• Q Cinema LGBTQ Film Festival - Fort Worth, TX - 2016  
  - Best Cinematography Award 
• Canton Film Fest - 2016 - Best Drama Award
• Columbus Int'l Film + Video Festival - 2014 - Honorable Mention Award: LGBTFest

OFFICIAL SELECTION:
• Taos Pride Film Festival - 2021
• Geelong Pride Film Festival - Australia - 2021
• Shot By Shot Film Festival - Austin, TX - 2019
• East Village Queer Film Festival - New York, NY - 2017
• Indianapolis LGBT Film Festival - 2016
• Boardwalk Film Festival - Asbury Park, NJ  - 2016

• Wotever DIY Film Festival - London, UK - 2016
• qFlix Philadelphia - 2016
• Pride @ DMAC Queer Arts Festival - New York, NY - 2016
• Fairy Tales Queer Film Festival - Calgary, AB - 2016
• Ohio Shorts Festival - Columbus, OH - 2016
• image+nation Montreal Int'l LGBT Film Festival - 2015
• Fringe! Queer Film & Arts Festival - London, UK - 2015
• OutReels Cincinnati - 2015
• Eichelberger FilmDayton Festival - Dayton, OH - 2015
• Out West Film Fest - Reno, NV - 2015
• Seattle Lesbian & Gay Film Festival - 2015
• Out On Film - Atlanta, GA - 2015
• Appalachia Queer Film Festival - Lewisburg, WV - 2015
• TeaDance Gay and Lesbian Film Festival - Greenville, NC - 2015
• Reeling: Chicago LGBTQ+ Int'l Film Festival - 2015
• Outflix Film Festival - Memphis, TN - 2015
• Austin International Gay and Lesbian Film Festival - 2015
• N. Carolina Gay and Lesbian Film Festival - Durham, NC - 2015
• Leeds Queer Film Festival - UK - 2015
• Boston LGBT Film Festival - 2015
• Melbourne Queer Film Festival - Australia - 2015    
​   - International Premiere

ADDITIONAL SCREENINGS:
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• New Orleans Queer Film Night - 2024
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• ATX Short Film Showcase - Austin, TX - 2021
• Queer Late - Horniman Museum & Gardens - London, UK - 2016
• Independents Day Festival Moving Image Local Focus Screening -
  - Columbus, OH - 2016

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