The Homiesexuals: a social media tragedy
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Selection, Buenos Aires Independent Film Festival 2024
Selection, California International Film Festival 2024
Winner, Best Director - Short Film, Lavender Film Festival 2023
Winner, Best Screenplay - Short Film, Lavender Film Festival 2023
Selection, NewFilmmakers New York AltFest 2023
Selection, ShockFest Lucky 13 2023
Nomination, Best LGBTQ+ Film, ShockFest 2023
Finalist, NewFilmmakers New York 2022
Semi-Finalist, Dumbo Film Festival 2022
Semi-Finalist, Big Apple Film Festival and Screenplay Competition 2022
This experiential and ensemble-based screenlife short film, made to be viewed on a phone, explores the avalanche of online discourse and nuanced activism through TikToks, Facetimes, comments sections, and the myriad of other internet informational screentimes that have been our source of connection in 2020 and 2021. When Tripp, an attractive and queer-presenting TikTok-er is attacked in a possible hate crime, the internet reaction grows from supportive to increasingly hostile, sparking a conversation on queerbaiting and straight male worship in the age of cancel culture and Gen Z activism. Never focusing on a single character or video for more than a few minutes, the film will zoom through dozens of reactions, conversations, and personal reactions, told entirely through phone-based apps and videos.
Directed by Ryan Dobrin
Written by Gage Tarlton
Dramaturgy by Melory Mirashrafi
Created in collaboration with Ryan Dobrin
Produced by Ryan Kane, Those Guilty Creatures (Carina Goebelbecker & Ryan Dobrin), & Gage Tarlton
Digitally Designed & Edited by Zack Lobel
Original Score & Sound Design by Heath Saunders
Sound Mix by Twi McCallum
Additional Graphics by Gauge Wiley
Original TikTok Choreography by Pauline Lamb
Music and Lyrics to “Dance Again” by Laura Galindo
Starring (in order of appearance):
Sean Stack
August Gray Gall
Laura Galindo
Avery Rose Pedell
Julia Newitt
Carina Goebelbecker
Nathan Mullen
Delilah Napier
Shana Laski
Lucy Grebin
Talia Light Rake
Morgan Rielly
Hope French
Sierra Berkeley Fisher
Luxy Banner
Emily Cass McDonnell
Andrus Nichols
Mark Feuerstein
Thom Sesma
Kerstin Anderson
Imani Russell
Ashley Hope Villanueva
Skylar Okerstrom-Lang
Vince Ryne
Camden Garcia
Parker Huseby
Jasmine Rogers
Ashton Muñiz
Andrew Rodriguez
Sinclair Daniel
Jamie Lowenstein
Carson McCalley
N’yomi Stewart
Chloé Lexia Worthington
Alvaro Chavez
Sim Yan Ying “YY”
Betsy Scarisbrick
Zofia Weretka
Kiaya Scott
Ciara Alyse Harris
Vienna Ayla
Inspired by the New York Times article, “Everyone is Gay on TikTok” by Alex Hawgood
This film was made possible with the generous support of:
Seaview Productions
Jamie Hulley Arts Foundation
Levy & Chauviere LLC
Ken-Matt Martin