THE ACT OF COMING OUT
TRT 11 min, 2022
A group of queer and trans actors in Los Angeles audition for the lead role in a film about the quintessential coming out experience. Drawing from their own personal journeys, they challenge the coming out trope and offer a poignant and truthful portrayal of a community often defined by this singular act.
“Beautiful, heartbreaking”
“The fusion of real life and performance creates an uncanny emotional resonance; the actors’ biographies lend their scenes gravitas. We’re left to parse which tears and trepidations feel genuine, and measure them up against our own.”
“Phenomenal. Really thoughtful and full of life.”
“We’ll never get to see a high visual quality compilation of the real moments when queer humans come out to their loved ones, but this gets pretty close.”
“Powerful and riveting. ”
Credits
Featuring (in alphabetical order): Armen August, Ryan Flores, Alejandra Jaime, Mai Khuu, Jocelyn Laracuente, Erin Manker, Terrence Mackey, Yatta Zoker, Alexandra Stergiou
Director: Alexandra Stergiou
Producer: Alexandra Stergiou
Camera: Sydney Bowie-Linden
Lighting: Daniel Brothers
Production Audio: Maxwell Mueller
Editor: Alexandra Stergiou
Post Sound Mix: Daniel Olmsted
Colorist: Jonah Greenstein
Poster Design: Version Industries/Caspar Newbolt
Screenings & Awards
Athens International Film & Video Festival 2022 (World Premiere, Nominee: Best Documentary Short, Winner: Special Jury Mention)
Independent Film Festival Boston 2022 (Official Selection, Nominee: Best Short Documentary)
San Francisco Documentary Film Festival 2022 (Official Selection)
HollyShorts 2022 (Official Selection)
Flickers’ Rhode Island International Film Festival 2022 (Official Selection)
Hot Documentary Film Festival Springs 2022 (Official Selection)
Montclair Film Festival 2022 (Official Selection)
Cucalorus 2022 (Official Selection)
Vimeo Staff Pick 2022