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Gay Short

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Some Kind of Paradise

Country: United States, Language: English, 21 mins

Gay Short | Incredible Shorts | Iris Prize: Shortlist 2024 | Flare 2025 | Tribeca 2024 | 2023
  • Director: Nicholas Finegan
  • Writer: Talisha Elger, Nicholas Finegan

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Aaaw...we've all been there! When the One comes a-calling!

Yip...it's that cruel hand of fate dishing out that unforgettable slap. To follow or not to follow, to stay or not to stay?

Sensitively done...with just the right amount of self-loathing!

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The(ir) Blurb...

Tyler lives a quiet and uncomplicated life in Paradise, Arkansas. Until the day a film crew arrives in town from Hollywood and he meets actor Raphael on Grindr.

Cast & Characters

John Brodsky (as Tyler)
Gabriel Leyva (as Raphael)
Chloe Alexa Ibanez (as Kady)
Eliza Gerontakis (as The Singer)
Tanner Glenn (as Jake)
Emma Maxwell (as Lola)
Sawyer Amadeus (as Cowboy)

IMDb

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt29351349