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Polywood

Country: United States, Language: English, 15 mins

  • Director: Alessio Mineo
  • Writer: Alessio Mineo
  • Producer: Eleanor Vigneault

CGiii Comment

Poly vs Mono!

Bitter-sweet and really rather sad. Writing and performances both praiseworthy...a more revealing ending would have given this a film a knockout blow.

Still, to be applauded.


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The(ir) Blurb...

"Why are the good ones always taken?"

Clayton, who has an unlucky love life, is on his first date with August, a guy he met on Grindr. When he meets him his anxiety fades, as he is fascinated by how easily they form a connection. The idyll is broken when August mentions his partner…

Cast & Characters

Julian Goza (as Brad)
Jeremy Feight (as August)
Luis Selgas (as Peter)
Michael Lyons (as Clayton)
Raissa Reis (as Bartender)