Gonella Productions

LANGUAGE: English

Genre: Drama - Thriller - LGBTQ
Running Time: 16min 34sec
Year of production: 2014

SYNOPSIS

Dennis is a lonely parking booth attendant who, after spending most of his life in solitude, begins to step outside his comfort zone and starts to frequent an erotic massage parlour. There he meets May, an ageing erotic masseuse. The two social outcasts form an unconventional bond but they find that their relationship and future is under immediate threat by May’s evil boss Papa Michael.

PRODUCTION AND DISTRIBUTION

Production Company: Fígúra (originally produced for Humber College, Toronto)
Film exports/World sales: Gonella Productions

CAST

Chris Gleason
Jane King
Alan Chau

MAIN CREDITS

Director: Hannes Thor Arason
Screenwriter: Hannes Thor Arason, Andrew Korogyi (Story by: Hannes Thor Arason, Andrew Korogyi, Evan Seccombe and Jacob Doforno)
Producer: Andrew Korogyi
Director of Photography: Evan Seccombe
Sound: Jacob Doforno
Editing: Jacob Doforno
Sound Editing: Jacob Doforno
Music Composer: Luke Young

TECHNICAL DETAILS

Genre: Drama
Sub-genre: Thriller - LGBTQ
Language: English
Country of origin: Canada, Iceland
Year of production: 2014
Total running time: 16 minutes
Shooting format: HD
Color type: Color
Aspect ratio: 2.35:1
Sound format: Stereo and 5.1

AWARDS

Nominated for Pink Peach award at the Atlanta Film Festival
Nominated for best Canadian student film at Montreal World Film Festival
Nominated for best editing in a student film and the Canadian Cinema Editors Awards.
Nominated for best Icelandic short film at Stockfish European Film Festival

FESTIVAL SELECTIONS

Stockfish European Film Festival, 2015 - Award: Nominated for best Icelandic short film.
Atlanta Film Festival, 2015 - Award: Nominated for the Pink Peach award.
River Film Festival, Padova, Italy, 2015
Canadian Cinema Editors Awards, 2015 - Award: Nominated for Best Editing in a Student Film
Northern Wave Film Festival, 2015
Aarhus Independant Pixels Festival, 2015
Hamilton Film Festival, 2015
Montreal World Film Festival, 2014 - Award: Nominated for best Canadian student film.