Afterparty

A young hustler meets with a new client for the evening. However as the night progresses, their evening does not go according to plan. It's not long until the casual set-up morphs into a nightmare of identity where these two strangers begin to feel the tug of an inescapable bond.

One night in the basement of a drag bar, rehearsals are underway for the evening's show; queens Kim and Ava face the pressures of change when Oli, the bar owner, replaces their colleague for a younger queen. Meanwhile upstairs in the bar, young couple Jack and Nora try to salvage their relationship despite their secrets; and not too far away, washed-up actor Robert Lamore catches up with his agent in the hopes of a comeback. Despite their disparate nature, each story comes together through the shared pressures of performance, pride, and second chances.

With a soundtrack like Bernard Hermann running a techno night, Brief Encounter is a short erotic neo-noir about chance meetings, absent fathers, cigarettes, shaving foam, and eye contact on public transport.

An experimental short that explores the historical role of cinemas as cruising sites, as well as cinema’s relationship with desire and fantasy.