personals
A FILM BY SASHA ARGIROV
Short Film – Canada – 2021 – 12:33 min
Color | English with French & English subtitles | 4:3 | 5.1
SYNOPSIS
A socially anxious teen responds to a Craigslist ad for a glory hole. He strikes an unexpected connection with the figure behind the sheet. Feeling his anonymity threatened, the figure tries to course-correct. The teen resists until the figure snaps and abruptly ends the encounter. Feeling a strange connection to this faceless man, the teen returns. He pushes the figure to embrace what they both fear most and be vulnerable. The two men finally let their guards down; they share a moment of true intimacy.
Cast
Riley Davis and Dimitri Vanti
Crew
DIRECTOR : Sasha Argirov
WRITER : Sasha Argirov
PRODUCER : Matt Drake (Notable Content)
CINEMATOGRAPHY : Blake Davey
SOUND : Andrew Wales
SOUND DESIGN & MIXING : Matt Drake
EDITING : Aynsley Baldwin
DIRECTOR’S BIOGRAPHY
Sasha Argirov is a Canadian filmmaker based in Vancouver. He is a recipient of the Sundance Ignite 2020 grant. His short film, Personals, had its world premiere at the In The Palace festival in Bulgaria. His first feature film is currently in development.
FILMOGRAPHY
PERSONALS | 2021, 13 min
Writer and director
FESTIVALS & AWARDS
IN THE PALACE International Film Festival, 2021
Beirut Love Film Festival, 2021
Korea Queer Film Fest, 2021
KASHISH Mumbai International Queer Film Festival, 2021
Lovers Film Festival, 2021
Damn These Heels Film Festival LGTBQ+, 2021
Social World Film Festival, 2021
Short Film Market Picks – Clermont-Ferrand, 2021
Festival du Nouveau Cinéma (FNC), 2021
Vancouver International Film Festival (VIFF), 2021
Outshine LGBTQ+ Film Festival, 2021
GAZE Dublin LGBTQ+ Film Festival, 2021
Reeling: The Chicago LGBTQ+ International Film Festival, 2021
Giornate di Cinema Queer, 2021
ImageOut : Rochester LGBT Film Festival, 2021
Edinburgh Short Film Festival, 2021
Mezipatra Queer Film Festival, 2021
MIX Brasil Festival, 2021
St. Louis International Film Festival,2021
Shorts that are not Pants, 2021
Melbourne Queer Film Festival, 2021
Anchorage International Film Festival, 2021
Queer Film Festival Weimar, 2021
International Film Festival of Ottawa, 2022
Wicked Queer Boston LGBTQ+ Film Festival, 2022
Vancouver Queer Film Festival, 2022 * GERRY BRUNET MEMORIAL AWARD
Queer mais Trash International Film Festival, 2022