Bad Animals

When his mother dies, a teenager takes a road-trip in a stolen car to find his long-lost brother. Along the way he discovers a profound connection with the car-owner and with himself as well.

A man stumbled upon a fat man tied to a tree, being threatened by a man with a stun gun. Next to him, a dog wearing a name tag that read “FLO” stood. Suddenly, the man with the stun gun appeared in front of him, and for some inexplicable reason, the man ended up running away with the dog in his arms.

This provocative 25-minute short follows an aspiring young actor who discovers the seedier side of Los Angeles. Working in gay porn to pay the bills, Matt, a 20-something, leather jacket-clad hunk, becomes increasingly confused about his identity. When he meets a wealthy older benefactor, he starts trading sexual favors for a small taste of the finer things in life.

It's morning in Blue City. Amidst a bleak industrial landscape, a boy, a suicidal man, and two car thieves continually cross paths. In the end, the most unlikely candidate emerges unscathed.