Missed (2018) – A short film about the contradictions in family, ideology and love

A young man meets with his estranged father after a four year absence hoping to reconnect before their ideological differences keep them apart forever.

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A diner on a dusty desert highway in the American Southwest seems an unlikely place to call neutral territory, but it’s Graham’s last chance to try and reconnect with his estranged father, John. With John clinging ever more to his conservatism and the differences between father and son seemingly insurmountable, the stakes are high. Can they reconcile their differences and reconnect before it is too late?

Cast:
James Kacey – Graham
Sean Kane – John
Jennifer Lynn O’Hara – Doris

Crew:
Directed by: Fokke Baarssen
Written by: Keith Armonaitis
Produced by: Niels Neeskens, B.D. Gunnel, Justin Arbabi & Fokke Baarssen
Director of Photography: Carlos M. Jimenez
Gaffer: Conor Soules
Music by: Thomas Bernhard Hengeveld
Sound design: Maurits Handlogten

Awards / nominations:
WINNER Best Narrative Short – Garden State Film Festival, Ashbury Park, USA
WINNER Best LGBT Film of the Year – Crown Wood International Film Festival, India
WINNER Best Dramatic Directing – Colorado International Film Festival, USA
WINNER Best Short Film – Canada Shorts, Canada
NOMINATION Best Editing – Golden Door International Film Festival, Jersey City USA
WINNER – Best Short Film – SHORT to the Point, Bucharest Romania
WINNER: Best Actor, Elba Film Festival, Italy

Official selections:
Gold Movie Awards, London, UK
Shortcutz, Amsterdam NL
North Hollywood Fest, Los Angeles, USA
Ammehoela Film Festival, Amsterdam NL
OUTshine Film Festival, Miami, USA
Out & Loud International Queer Film Festival, Pune India Dumbo Film Festival, New York USA
OUT HERE NOW: Kansas City LGTB Film Festival, USA Elba Film Festival, Italy
LGBTQ Shorts Film Festival, USA
Audience Awards LGBTQ Film Festival, USA
Queen City Film Festival, Cumberland USA
Queer Streifen Film Festival, Regensburg, Germany
Nacht van de Korte Film, Hengelo The Netherlands jellyFEST Film Festival, Los Angeles USA

imdb user:

For many films, the predictibility is a sin. Not in this case. Because you know, from the first scenes, the meaning of the beanie . And the tension between father and son is around you suppose. An intense – delicate film, obsvious well made in each detail, with a powerfull message.