A 16-minute short where everyone wants someone who wants someone else — and the beach is awkward.
Alex has a crush on her brother's friend, Jesse. But Jesse likes Alex's brother, Taylor. Alex knows something is up with her brother. Caught in an awkward position, Taylor takes Alex and Jesse to his favorite spot.
Cinematography
Beach light that makes longing look like a photograph.
Acting
Three performances doing months of subtext in glances.
Direction
Campbell trusts silence more than most trust dialogue.
Director
Benedict Campbell
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Shot on 35mm film, which explains why those beach haze shots look like half-remembered dreams.
Premiered at Sundance 2008, part of a wave of queer short films exploring desire through restraint rather than explicitness — the anti-'Love, Simon' approach.
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