Kiss Kiss Fingerbang
Kiss Kiss Fingerbang — SXSW Jury Winner for Midnight Short from Gillian W Horvat on Vimeo.
The blurb: He was a nice guy… until she came. A woman confesses to her new lover that being fingerbanged will make her do anything. This leads to increasingly absurd scenarios.
Short of the Week expands on the film’s themes:
Despite the absurdity of the short (and things do get pretty ridiculous!), the premise of Kiss Kiss Fingerbang is actually based around the somewhat sweet notion of how we can all lose control when we’re falling in love. “I think we’ve all been there”, says Horvat, “on both sides, and have seen how love is used to rationalize manipulative behavior. Anton’s character’s actions are actually present in every romantic relationship. The film just takes them to a grotesque level to point out the absurdity of what we say and do to one another to gratify our desires. In fact, I see myself equally in both characters and I think a lot of people do to, though they might not want to admit it. We do bad things when we think we can get away with it, and we get bad things done to us when our idealized vision of our partner obscures reality. Because we all want to get off and fall in love”.
SXSW 2015, Jury Award Winner in Midnight Shorts
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deadCENTER Film Festival, Official Selection
Beyond Fest, Official Selection
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St. Louis International Film Festival, Official Selection
Yale Film Colloqium
Starring: Anton Yelchin, Kate Lyn Sheil, Buck Henry
Written, directed and produced by Gillian Wallace Horvat
Produced by Riel Roch Decter and Daniel Waters
Length: 10:35
Director: Gillian W. Horvat