A hookup goes sideways when the exit becomes the real horror.
Finn takes a regular route into a hookup. But a story shifts the landscape, making his usual pathway out difficult to find.
Direction
McShane weaponizes negative space—rooms feel suffocating.
Sound
Absence of score; only breath, skin, and mounting panic.
Director
David McShane
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
McShane developed this from interviews with queer men about Grindr encounters that shifted from consensual to coercive mid-scene.
Premiered at SXSW 2021 during pandemic virtual festival—viewers trapped in their own small rooms reported heightened physical panic responses.
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