Sue is trying to get over a break-up with Dale. She goes out to get coffee in her nightgown and meets him and his new girlfriend, Sabrina, in the convenience store. Mortified she leaves and finally accepts an invitation from a lesbian friend to go to an all-girl bar that night. She's surprised to see Sabrina there dancing with women.
Acting
Brigitte Gall's mortified nightgown walk of shame is pure cinema.
Writing
The convenience store meet-cute from hell — brutally efficient.
Production
Shot in Toronto with that unmistakable 90s Canadian indie scrappiness.
Director
Chris Deacon
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Director Chris Deacon made this as a thesis film at Ryerson — it played queer festivals throughout 1997-98 before vanishing into obscurity.
This short captures a specific late-90s moment when 'lesbian chic' was peaking in media, but actual queer women's stories were still rare — making its casual treatment of Sabrina's sexuality quietly radical.