Gonella Productions

LANGUAGE: English

Genre: Drama
Running Time: 14:17
Year of production: 2017

SYNOPSIS

A black male burn-survivor and amputee goes on a date with a regularly-abled man.

PRODUCTION AND DISTRIBUTION

Production Company: 2587604 Ontario Inc. / Meraki Moving Pictures
Film exports/World sales: Gonella Productions

CAST

Prince Amponsah
Jesse LaVercombe

MAIN CREDITS

Director: Sherren Lee
Screenwriter: Jesse LaVercombe
Producer: Charlie Hidalgo, Sherren Lee
Director of Photography: Ian Macmillan
Sound: Darren Snowden
Editing: Simone Smith
Sound Editing: Claire Dobson, Kelly McGahey, Chris King, James Bastable
Music Composer: Casey Manierka-Quaile

TECHNICAL DETAILS

Genre: Drama
Sub-genre: Romance, Disability, LGBTQ
Language: English
Country of origin: Canada
Year of production: 2017
Total running time: 14:17
Shooting format: ARRI ALEXA SXT
Color type: Colour
Aspect ratio: 2.35:1
Sound format: 5.1 Surround

AWARDS

Whistler Film Festival 2017 - [ WINNER ] AWFJ EDA Award for Best-Female Directed Short
Canadian Film Festival 2018 - [ WINNER ] Special Jury Prize
Yorkton Film Festival 2018 - [ WINNER ] Golden Sheaf Award for Best Director Fiction and Best Multicultural, Nominee for Best of Fest,
INSIDE OUT Toronto LGBT Film Festival 2018 - [ WINNER ] Best Canadian Short
OUTeast Queer Film Festival 2018 - [ WINNER ] Best Canadian Short Prize
Out Here Now: Kansas City LGBT Film Festival 2018 - [ FINALIST ] Celebration of Courage Award for Short Film
Outfest Los Angeles 2018 - [ WINNER ] Grand Jury Prize for Best International Narrative Short Film
CMG Short Film Festival 2018 - [ WINNER ] Jury Award for Best Screenplay
The Drunken Film Fest - Oakland 2018 - { WINNER ] Best International Narrative Short
North Carolina Gay & Lesbian Festival 2019 - [WINNER] Best International Drama Short
Unlonely Film Festival 2020 - [HONOURABLE MENTION]

FESTIVAL SELECTIONS

Atlanta Film Festival
SXSW
BFI Flare
Canadian Film Festival
Sarasota Film Festival
CBC
Athens
Dawson City
OUTshine Miami
Lovers Film Festival - Torino LGBTQI Vision
Inside Out Toronto
Mostra FIRE!! Barcelona
Chicago Critics Film Festival
TIFF Short Cuts Series
KASHISH
Yorkton
Frameline42
WLG-X
Breakthrough Film Fest
OUT HERE NOW: Kansas
OUTeast Film Festial
Snake Alley Festival of Film, Iowa
Interrobang Film Festival, Iowa
OUTFEST LA
New Filmmakers LA
GAZE Film Fest, Dublin
CinemaQ Film Festival Denver Film Society
Indie Street Film Festival, New Jersey
Flickers Rhode Island
Iris Prize Fest Wales
Queer Screen Sydney
LA Film Fest
Toronto New Wave
Long Beach QFilm Fest
Out On Film/Atlanta
23rd Madrid International LGBTIQ Film Festival
Bridge of Arts Film Festival, Russia
PERLEN - Queer Film Festival Hannover
Queer Film Festival MEZIPATRA, Czech
Eau Queer Film Festival, Wisconsin
Drunken Film Festival, Oakland
Inside Out Ottawa
Reel Pride, Winnipeg
CMG SHORT FILM FESTIVAL, LA
TWIST Seattle Queer Film Fest
ReelQ Pittsburg
DBGM, New York
ImageOut: Rochester LGBT Film Festival
Ridgefield Independent Film Festival, Conneticut
Way OUT West Film Festival, New Mexico
QFF Mezipatra
Rainbow Reels Queer and Trans FIlm Festival, Kitchener
NewFest New York
Citizen Jane Missouri
Montego Bay Pride
Indie Memphis
Stillwater Theatre, Minnesota
Scottish Queer International Film Festival
IMAGE+NATION
23 MIX MÉXICO FILM & SEXUAL DIVERSITY IN MÉXICO
16th ZINEGOAK. BILBAO INTERNATIONAL LGTB FILM AND PERFORMING ARTS FESTIVAL
Massimadi Film Festival
Pink Lobster Film Festival
Melbourne Queer Film Festival
Roze Filmdagen; Amsterdam LGBTQ Film Festival
Festival des films et des arts LGBTQ Afro Massimadi
NFMLA
Brisbane Queer Film Festival 2019
Mix Mexico
Out CT
Fairy Talles Queer Film Festival
North Carolina Gay & Lesbian Film Festival
Unlonely Film Festival
ReelAbilities Boston