Dusk (2017) – trans short film by Jake Graf

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Award winning trans short that stormed the festival circuit in 2017/2018, screening at 87 festivals internationally.

Dusk (2017)

15 min| Short, Trans, LGBT |April 2017

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Dusk is a 15 minute film about a man born in a female body in the 1950s who, due to societal pressures of the time, lives to old age as a woman. Graf was inspired to make the film Dusk when he received an e-mail from a trans woman who shared her experience of living as a gay man into her seventies.

Director: Jake Graf Toledo
Writer: Jake Graf
Country: UK
Language: English
Duration: 15 min
Stars: Elliott Sailors, Victoria Emslie, Duncan James, Mark Brent, Paul Boichat

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Growing up in 1950s England in an intolerant and uninformed world, young Chris Winters struggles to fit into the gender roles dictated by wider society. A more than tough childhood left behind, Chris meets dream woman Julie, and life lightens a little, but the growing feeling that their life is a life half lived haunts Chris, who is torn by ‘what ifs’. Chris imagines what might have been, and is finally struck by the realisation that for some decisions there is no right answer, and that it’s those that truly define us.

Starring trans actors in both cis and trans roles, ‘Dusk’ is the award winning trans short that stormed the festival circuit in 2017/2018, screening at 87 festivals internationally.

-Premiered at Outshine Miami, winner Best Short Film
-Winner of 30 awards including Best Short film at SOMA Film Festival (New York), Best Screenwriter at CFIFF, Best Short Film at GayWise Festival (London), Best LGBT film at MACON Film Festival (Georgia), Best Short Film at SENE Film Festival (New England).

Awards:

Best Short at MiFo (Miami),
Audience Best Short at SENE Film Festival (New England)
Jury Best Short at SENE Film Festival (New England),
Best Short Film, Queer North (Ontario),
Best Dramatic Short, Out Here Now (Kansas),
Best International Trans Short, NCGLFF(North Carolina)
Best LGBT Short, Macon Film Festival (Georgia)
Best Narrative Short at Seattle Translations (Seattle)
Best Short Film at Glitter Film Festival (Oklahoma),
Best International Short Film, FilmOut (San Diego)
Best Short Film at Out & Loud (India)
Best Trans Short at qFlix (Worcester)
Best Foreign Short at STIFF (Sydney)
Jury Award Best Foreign Short at Outflix (Tennessee)
Best Short at Out At The Movies (Salem)
Best Transgender Film at ReelQ Film Festival (Philadelphia)
Best Foreign Short at Reeling Film Festival (Chicago)
Audience Award Best Short at Louisville LGBT Film Festival
Audience Award Best Short at Homochrom (Cologne)
Best Short Drama Film at CFIFF (Sydney)
Best Short Film at USNExpo (Sardinia)
Best Short Film at El Lugar Sin Limites (Ecuador)
Best Sound Design at CFIFF (Canada)
Best Screen Writer at CFIFF (Canada)
Best Short Film at CFIFF (Canada)
Best Film at GFest (London)
Best Film at Rainbow Reel Film Festival (London)
Best Actor Elliott Sailors at Rainbow Reel Film Festival (London)

-Selected for Tribeca’s United Airlines online film package.

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