Gonella Productions

LANGUAGE: English

Genre: Drama, LGBTQ, Historical
Running Time: 21 minutes
Year of production: 2024

SYNOPSIS

It’s 1953. A gender fluid female detective lands in San Francisco to start a new life … passing as a man. When Mitch is tasked with finding a serviceman missing for years she finds herself in a world of secret societies, post war paranoia, a shady ex-FBI agent and a vibrant underground queer world. Who can she trust?

PRODUCTION AND DISTRIBUTION

Production Company: Crashing Pictures, LLC
Film exports/World sales: Gonella Productions

CAST

Ezra Reaves
Patrick Atkinson
David Joseph Martinez
Amy Boyd
Alfred Spielmann
Chesi Ho
Aimee Greenberg
Kim Saunders
Sherill Quinn
Tammy Hall

MAIN CREDITS

Director: Kip Pearson
Screenwriter: Kip Pearson
Producer: Kip Pearson
Director of Photography: David Waldorf
Sound: Stan Ng, Adam Perry
Editing: Donal Mooney
Sound Editing: Stan Ng
Music Composer: Various

TECHNICAL DETAILS

Genre: Drama
Sub-genre: Noir, LGBTQ
Language: English
Country of origin: USA
Year of production: 2024
Total running time: 21 mins
Shooting format: 1080HD
Color type: RGB
Aspect ratio: 16:9
Sound format: Stereo 2.0

AWARDS

Winner Best Visual Design: LGBTQ+ Los Angeles Film Festival 2024
Exceptional Merit, Unbordered LGBTQ+ Int’l Film Festival 2024
Finalist Silicon Valley Queer Film Festival
Nominee Best LGBTQ+ Short Film Seattle Film Festival
BEST LGBTQ+ film San Francisco Film Awards

FESTIVAL SELECTIONS

WILDsound FEEDBACK Film and Screenplay Festival
Hollywood North Int’l Film Festival
Gilbert Baker Film Festival
Cinema Diverse Palm Springs LGBTQ Film Festival
San Francisco Queer Film Festival
San Antonio Queer Film Festival
Poppy Jasper Int’l Film Festival
Love & Hope International Film Festival, Barcelona, Spain