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YELLOW POLKA DOT

YELLOW POLKA DOT

LANGUAGE: English

Genre: Romance, Drama, LGBT+
Running Time: 17:40
Year of production: 2022

SYNOPSIS

During the summer of 1962, Barbara and Sandra are spending a very warm day at the beach with their partners. They discuss the evening before when they all went out to a nightclub, the men drank and talked, at the other side of the table the women were getting closer.

PRODUCTION AND DISTRIBUTION

Production Company: 54 Scripts Productions (54SP)
Film exports/World sales: Gonella Productions

CAST

Tori Lane Ross as Sandra
Amy Stricker as Barbara
Tony Carter as Richard
David Gordon-Johnson as George

MAIN CREDITS

Director: Tin Nguyen
Screenwriter: Ben Kurstin
Producer: Ben Kurstin, Tin Nguyen
Director of Photography: Ben Kurstin
Sound: Alejandro Reyes
Editing: Tin Nguyen
Sound Editing: Matt Oliva
Music Composer: Dylan Knight Rogers

TECHNICAL DETAILS

Genre: Romance
Sub-genre: LGBT+
Language: English
Country of origin: U.S.A
Year of production: 2022
Total running time: 17:40
Shooting format: Arri Alexa Mini (Digital)
Color type: Color
Aspect ratio: 16:9 and 2.35:1
Sound format: Stereo

AWARDS

Best LGBT Film at Boden International Film Festival (Boden, Sweden)
Best Cinematography at Bech Test Film Festival (Scotland)
Best Poetry Short at Make Art Not Fear (Porto, Portugal)
Best Fearless Cinematography at Make Art Not Fear (Porto, Portugal)
Best LGBT Film at Lulea International Film Festival (Lulea, Sweden)
Best LGBT Film at Stockholm City Film Festival (Stockholm, Sweden)
Nominated for Best Production Design at Midwest Film Fest (Chicago IL, USA)
Nominated for Best Short Film Audience Award at the Chicago Southland International Film Festival (University Park, IL, USA)
Nominated for Best LGBTQ Short Film at the Love & Hope International Film Festival (Barcelona, Spain)

FESTIVAL SELECTIONS

Neptune Movie Awards (Bologna - Italy)
Boden International Film Festival (Boden - Sweden)
Thessaloniki International G.L.A.D. Film Festival (Thessaloniki - Greece)
Midwest Film Festival (Chicago Il - USA)
RollCall Indie Showcase (Atlanta GA - USA)
Bech Test Film Festival (Scotland)
Long Beach QFilm Festival (Long Beach CA - USA)
Dreamanila International Film Festival (Manila - Philippines)
Out & Loud Pune International Queer Film Festival (Pune - India)
KASHISH Mumbai International Queer Film Festival (Mumbai - India)
Red Cedar Film Festival (Menomanie WI - USA)
Make Art Not Fear (Porto - Portugal)
Alta Marea Festival (Termoli - Italy)
Small Axe Radical Short Film Festival (Tolpuddle - UK)
Lulea International Film Festival (Lulea - Sweden)
Chicago Southland International Film Festival (University Park IL - USA)
Love & Hope International Film Festival (Barcelona - Spain)
Stamped Film Festival (Pensacola FL - USA)
AKS International Minorities Festival - FILM ART DIALOGUE (Pakistan)
LGBT+ Film Festival Poland (Poland)
Festival Angaelica (Pasadena CA - USA)
Love Actually International Storyteller Showcase (New York, NY - USA)
Fort Meyers Film Festival (Fort Meyers FL - USA)
Stockholm City Film Festival (Stockholm - Sweden)
San Antonio QFest - LGBT International Film Festival (San Antonio TX - USA)
Chicago Onscreen (Chicago IL, USA)
FilmPride - Brighton & Hove Pride LGBTQIA+ Film Festival (Brighton - UK)
BICONIC Film Festival - Centering on the Bi+ Umbrella (San Francisco CA - USA)
Israel Brief Encounters International Film Festival (Ramat Gan, Israel)
Third Culture Film Festival NZ (Tauranga New Zealand)
OFN LGBTQIA+ Film Festival (London UK)