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Runtime: 17 minutes
Language: English
Logline: Over a vodka-fueled game of Never Have I Ever, Annabelle, a 40-something year old virgin and Tessie, an 18-year old homeless sex worker, challenge each other to expose their vulnerabilities revealing their differences and similarities. Through the night, an undeniable chemistry emerges between them.
Synopsis: ANNABELLE, an awkward in her own skin forty-two-year-old woman, has invited eighteen-year-old TESSIE, an extroverted sex worker, to stay with her in her mother, Libby's home. Over a vodka-fueled game of Never Have I Ever, they challenge each other to reveal themselves. Through the game, Annabelle and Tessie explore their differences and similarities, especially their fractured relationships with their parents: Tessie's mom died when she was ten and her dad kicked her out, while Annabelle's dad left when she was young. Through their conversation, an undeniable chemistry builds between them that neither knows what to do with. While Tessie initiates contact, wordlessly extending the offer of a sexual liason, Annabelle's discomfort gets in the way and she brings the evening to a close. With the possibility of a deeper connection hanging in the air between them, Annabelle watches after Tessie, who heads off to bed.
THE TRAILER
PRODUCTION STILLS
FESTIVALS
&
AWARDS
PHOENIX FILM FESTIVAL, Phoenix, Arizona, USA - April 7, 8 & 12, 2024
PINK LIFE QUEER FEST, KuirFest, Ankara, Turkey - February 23-25, 2024
DAM SHORT FILM FESTIVAL, Boulder City, Nevada, USA - February 16th, 2024
IMAGE+NATION FILM FESTIVAL - LGBT2SQueer, Montréal CA, November 16 - 26, 2023
VINOKINO – Finland, October - November, 2023
BLACK HARVEST FILM FESTIVAL November 4 &12, 2023
REEL AFFIRMATIONS: Washington DC's International LGBTQ+ Film Festival - October 20
NEWPORT BEACH FILM FESTIVAL Screening on October 14, 2023
BLACK ALPHABET FILM FESTIVAL October 14, 2023
CONNECTICUT (OUT CT) LGBTQ FILM FESTIVAL, Tuesday, October 10, 2023, Virtual window: October 6 – 22
INTERNATIONAL BLACK FILM FESTIVAL, Nashville September 30, 2023
IMAGINE THIS WOMEN'S FILM FESTIVAL September 23, 2023, Online September 22-Oct 3
WINNER Best Performance Enuka Okuma & Honorable Mention, Best Short Film
NUIT BLANCHE Toronto September 23, 2023
FIRENZE INTERNATIONAL FILM Festival,Florence, Italy September 22, 2023
SUNDAY SHORTS Sept 10, 2023
WINNER – Best Romantic Film & Best LGBTQ+ film
URBAN FILM FESTIVAL, Miami, Saturday and Sunday, September 2-3, 2023
CINEKINK, New York August 6 2023
FILMPRIDE - Brighton & Hove Pride LGBTQIA+ Film Festival July 2023
DEADCENTER FILM FESTIVAL June 10, 2023
VANCOUVER SHORT FILM FESTIVAL June 2, 2023
WINNER Best Performance Enuka Okuma, Best Canadian Short Film
YORKTON SHORT FILM FESTIVAL: Saskatchewan May 2023
NOMINATED Best Scripted Short Film
OUTSHINE LGBTQ+ FILM FESTIVAL: Miami Edition April 19, 2023
BFI FLARE FESTIVAL: London, UK March 2023
GETREAL MOVEMENT BLACK FILMMAKER’S SHOWCASE, Feb 26, 2023
TORONTO BLACK FILM FESTIVAL Feb 18, 2023
QUEERSCREEN AUSTRALIA, Feb 18, 2023
CAST
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CREW
CAST AND CREW
Writer / Director / Executive Producer:
MURRY PEETERS
"Annabelle" / Producer:
ENUKA OKUMA
"Tessie"
CHELSEA RUSSELL
Cinematographer:
STUART CAMPBELL
Production Designer:
LADAN MOHAMED SIAD
Composer:
JULIA NEWMAN
Producer-Editor-Sound Editor:
JOE GASPARIK
Producer:
ADRIA BUDD-JOHNSON
Executive Producers:
ANTHONY Q. FARRELL, AINE ROCK & ERIC J. JOHNSON
Line Producer:
ALIE LAGUNAS
Production Manager:
TEMILOLA ABEDAYO
First Assistant Directors:
KARL JASON & CAOIMHE CLANCY
Casting Director:
CDC MILLIE TOM, CDC
Art Director:
OLIVIA WEATHERALL
Art Department Assistant:
SYDONNAE SIMON
Camera First Assistant:
ANGELIA HUGHES
Camera Second Assistant & Digital Image Technician:
ANFREW SALKEY
Gaffers:
TENZIN WOESER & ERIK LEE STEINGROEVER
Key Grip:
LENNON SHULTE
Still Photographers:
TAYO YANNICK ANTON & KAMISHA SYLVESTRE
Script Supervisors:
KATRINA WESTIN & ZOE BIGIO
Sound Recordist:
JONAH BLASER
Wardrobe Designer:
ANEESA ABDUS-SAMAD
Key Make-Up Artist:
ROXANNE DE NOBREGA
Make-Up Assistant:
RACQUELLE "ROCKY" NEMBHARD
Key Hairstylist:
TYRA SLATER
Hairstylists:
GLENNA SANDY & LEANNE MORRISON-FREED
Craft Service/ Key PA:
CHRISTINE CORTES & MARK GOOL
Production Assistants:
ALAMDAR KISATT, AUGUST JOHNSON & ASH HUGHES
Covid Officer:
ERIN MCCARROLL
Post Production Picture and Sound Services by:
ROLLING PICTURES
Post Producer:
JOE SERAFINI
Post Coordinator:
ALLISON MACDONALD
On-line Editor:
WHISPER HARPER
Digital Colourist:
SCOTT HANNIGAN
Re-Recording Mixer:
MICHAEL FORSEY
Re-Recording Assistant:
PATRICK DALCIN
Visual FX Artist:
GAVIN CARLTON
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