Lavender is a 2019 short LGBT romantic drama film, written and directed by Matthew Puccini.[1] It premiered at the 2019 Sundance Film Festival, where it was then acquired by Fox Searchlight Pictures for an Academy Award-qualifying theatrical run, attaching it to select screenings of The Aftermath.[2][3]

Lavender
Film poster
Directed byMatthew Puccini
Screenplay byMatthew Puccini
Produced byCasey Bader
Corey Deckler
Tyler Rabinowitz
StarringMichael Urie
Michael Hsu Rosen
Ken Barnett
CinematographyBrandon Roots
Edited byWilliam Sullivan
Production
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Distributed byFox Searchlight Pictures
Release date
  • January 25, 2019 (2019-01-25) (Sundance Film Festival)
Running time
11 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

The film then went on to play at the 2019 SXSW Festival, Palm Springs International ShortFest, Outfest Los Angeles, New Orleans Film Festival, NFFTY and the Provincetown International Film Festival, where it won the Here Media Award for Best Queer Short Film.

Premise

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What started off as a casual hookup has quickly escalated into something far more intimate, leaving Andy to navigate Arthur and Lucas' dreamy lifestyle and marriage.[4]

Cast

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References

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  1. ^ ""Lavender" - LGBTQ Short Film". Kickstarter. Retrieved 29 May 2020.
  2. ^ Hipes, Patrick (25 January 2019). "Fox Searchlight Acquires LGBTQ Short 'Lavender' – Sundance". Retrieved 29 May 2020.
  3. ^ Gans, Andrew (15 May 2019). "Lavender Short, Reuniting Torch Song's Michael Urie and Michael Hsu Rosen, Is Available on Vimeo". Playbill. Retrieved 29 May 2020.
  4. ^ "2019 Shortsfest Films". 6 March 2019. Retrieved 29 May 2020.
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