about
MISDIRECTION is a queer comedy about a college freshman who falls in love with close-up magic as an escape from her unrequited crush on her roommate and her recently-diagnosed OCD.
Part of AFI’s Directing Workshop for Women, Class of 2019.
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awards
Jury Award for Best Short Film: Female
@ qFlix Philadelphia 2019
Jury Award for Best Short Film Female
@ FilmOut San Diego 2019
Audience Award for Best LGBTQ Short Film
@ SENE Film, Music and Art Festival 2019
Jury Award for Best Director
@ Los Angeles Diversity Film Festival 2019
Audience Award for Best Lesbian Short Film
@ Hamburg Queer International Film Festival 2019
Best Short Narrative (Monthly)
@ Buenos Aires Film Festival December 2019
2020 screenings
January 10 | Buenos Aires Film Festival | online
Feb 23 & March 21, 28, 29 | Mardi Gras Film Festival | Sydney, Australia
March 7 | Brisbane Queer Film Festival | Brisbane, Australia
2019 screenings
March 22 | Queens World Film Festival | Queens, NY
March 23 | Melbourne Queer Film Festival | Melbourne, Australia
March 30 | BFI Flare | London, England
March 31 | qFlix Philly | Philadelphia, PA
April 2019 | Dumbo Film Festival | Brooklyn, NY
May 1 | QFest St. Louis | St. Louis, MO
May 11 | Bentonville Film Festival | Bentonville, AR
May 15 | FilmOut LGBTQ ShortFest | San Diego, CA
May 18 | SENE Film, Music & Arts Festival | Providence, RI
May 19 | Reel Minds Mental Health Film Festival | Miami, FL
June 1 | Inside Out Film Festival | Toronto, Canada
June 7&8 | Korea Queer Film Festival | Seoul, S Korea
June 10 | Tel Aviv International LGBT Film Festival | Tel Aviv, Israel
June 14 | Queer North Film Festival | Ontario, Canada
June 22&29 | Frameline International LGBTQ+ Film Festival | San Francisco, CA
July 14 | Damn These Heels LGBTQ Film Festival | Salt Lake City, UT
July 19 | 26th Annual OCD Conference | Austin, TX
July 25&28 | Indy Shorts International Film Festival | Indianapolis, IN
July 26&27 | Outfest | Los Angeles, CA
July 27 | Seattle Transmedia & Independent Film Festival | Seattle, WA
July 28 | Shorts Out! LGBTQ+ Film Festival | Brighton, UK
August 4 | GAZE International LGBT Film Festival | Dublin, Ireland
August 8 | Monmouth Film Festival | Red Bank, NJ
August 11 | American Psychological Association Film Festival | Chicago, IL
August 15 | HollyShorts | Los Angeles, CA
August 17 | Vancouver Queer Film Festival | Vancouver, Canada
August 17&19 | North Carolina Gay + Lesbian Film Festival | Durham, NC
August 22 | Los Angeles Diversity Film Festival | Los Angeles, CA
August 23 | Stamped Film Festival | Pensacola, FL
August 24 | aGLIFF | Austin, TX
August 25 | Sidewalk Film Festival | Birmingham, AL
August 31 | Broad Humor Film Festival | Los Angeles, CA
September 8 | QFilms LGBTQ Film Festival | Long Beach, CA
September 21 | Princeton Independent Film Festival | Princeton, NJ
September 22 | Golden Door International Film Festival | Jersey City, NJ
September 28 | Out on Film Festival | Atlanta, GA
September 28 | Reeling LGBTQ+ International Film Festival | Chicago, IL
September 28 | Cinema Diverse | Palm Springs, CA
October 4-10 | Oaxaca FilmFest | Oaxaca, Mexico
October 7 | PROUD! Filmfestival | Aarhus, Denmark
October 10 | Outflix Film Festival | Memphis, TN
October 11 | BENT LGBTQ Film Festival | Sacramento, CA
October 12 | Dayton LGBT Film Festival | Dayton, OH
October 12 | ImageOUT | Rochester, NY
October 12 | Seattle Queer Film Festival | Seattle, WA
October 13 | Way Out West Film Fest | Albuquerque, NM
October 16 | Slovak Queer Film Festival | Bratislava, Slovakia
October 17 | Twin Cities Film Festival | St. Louis Park, MN
October 18 | Hamburg International Queer Film Festival | Hamburg, Germany
October 18&19 | Provincetown Women’s Week | Provincetown, MA
October 19 | OUTshine Film Festival | Ft. Lauderdale, FL
October 19 | QueerFilmFest Rostock | Rostock, Germany
October 25 | NewFest | New York, NY
October 26 | NewFest | New York, NY
November 8&10 | QueerFilmFest Esslingen | Esslingen, Germany
November 9 | Indianapolis LGBT Film Festival | Indianapolis, IN
press
Autostraddle | March 2018
We Are Moving Stories | January 2019
Rianne Pictures | March 2019
KUAF / NPR | May 2019
Gay Essential | May 2019
The Independent Critic | July 2019
FlixChatter | October 2019
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