Gay film chaser
CHASER
Cast:Max Rhyser, Rachel Claire, Ismael Cruz-Cordova, Karin De la Penha, Laurence Cantor, Aaron Scholomenko, Michael Argilan, TerriAnn Peters, John Mendez
Crew:Producers: Sal Bardo, Max Rhyser - Screenwriters: Sal Bardo - Cinematographer: Nickolas Rossi - Editor: Aldo Chang
Email:salbardo@gmail.com
Synopsis
Alienated from his conservative Jewish family and customs, a promising, juvenile, gay schoolteacher seeks solace in the barebacking community.
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About the director
Sal Bardo made his directorial debut with the short motion picture, Requited, which premiered at the Seattle International Film Festival in 2011 and has screened at festivals around the world, including Reel Affirmations: Washington D.C.'s International LGBT Motion picture Festival, where Sal won the audience award for Top First Time Director. The film is being distributed on DVD and VOD in North America by Guest Residence Films. Sal's latest films, Sam and Chaser, are currently making the festival rounds.
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Director Sal Bardo and Producer Max Rhyser will be available for a Q&A after the screening.
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Filmmaker’s Forum: Director Sal Bardo on His NSFW Short Film ‘Chaser’ (Which You Can Watch Here)
This is part of a series of first person posts in which we provide a forum for filmmakers and other artists to discuss their process, their influences and/or their experiences displaying their work. In this edition, Sal Bardo talks about “Chaser,” his short film that after playing dozens of LGBT film festivals was released online yesterday.
My very first film, “Requited,” made its world premiere as part of Seattle International Film Festival’s homosexual shorts program in 2011. I invited my friends from the surrounding area, some of whom were straight men, and I was feeling a little anxious about how they would acquire my film, which was not only semi-autobiographical, but featured two guys making out in their underwear.
“Requited” was immediately followed by Travis Mathews’ 14-minute short “I Want Your Love,” more than half of which consisted of real, honest-to-god, hardcore fucking. The film was well-made, the guys were scruffily authentic, and the reaction, at least in my circle, was decidedly mi
Director: Sal Bardo
Protagonists: Max Rhyser, Rachel Claire, Ismael Cruz Cordova
Country: USA
Year: 2013
Duration: 15 min
Language: English
Plot: Alienated from his conservative Jewish family and community, a gay schoolteacher seeks solace in New York's barebacking scene.