WONDER is the Award Winning short film about a kid growing up in “the hood”, secretly dreaming of trick-or-treating as Wonder Woman for Halloween, who starts to question where they fit in the “traditional gender system”. WONDER has screened in over 40 world-wide premiere film festivals, including Outfest and Iris Prize and has gone on to win 23 awards, including Urbanworld’s “Audience Award Best Short Film” and Martha’s Vineyard African American Film Festival’s “HBO Best Short Film Award”, making it eligible for Academy Award consideration. In 2020, HBO licensed the short film and was available on all HBO platforms.
CAST & CREW
DIRECTED BY Javier Molina
WRITTEN BY Gabriel Furman
PRODUCED BY Gabriel Furman
PRODUCED BY Javier Molina
PRODUCED BY Paolo Monico
PRODUCED BY Eva Minemar
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER Goya Robles
STARRING
SAMMY Benji Siegel
FRANK Gabriel Furman
TISHA Farrah Faucette
DESHAWN Aiveri Wells
TITO Nico Bustamante
HENNY Delissa Reynolds
QUEEN Jamyl Dobson
THERESA Barbara Spiegel
CINEMATOGRAPHY Elia Lyssy
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EDITOR Marco Ferrara
FIRST AC Jeff Tan
KEY GRIP Genesis Cabrera
GAFFER Tannie Xin Tang
SECOND AC Kristin Zahra
STILL PHOTOGRAPHERS - Peini Chen & Sehee Kim
PRODUCTION SOUND MIXER Connor Donahue
COSTUME & MAKEUP Rita Mae Sylvester
PRODUCTION DESIGN BY Scott Michael Salame
ART DEPARTMENT Dani Marco
UNIT PRODUCTION MANAGER Dolores Diaz
FIRST AD Nialaney Rodriguez
SCRIPT SUPERVISOR Gabrielle Rice
PRODUCTION ASSISTANT Aprella Godfrey Barule
PRODUCTION ASSISTANT Margherita Monico
DRIVER Tony Lepore
BACKGROUND ACTORS
Adam Lewis
Zora Lewis
COMPOSER Alex Symcox
COLOR CORRECTION Adriano Mestroni / BAND
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SOUND DESIGN AND MIX BY Rex Recker
VISUAL EFFECTS Mark Palkoski
TITLES AND GRAPHICS Kristin Zahra
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AWARDS
OUTFEST – Hyundai Vision for Better Award
MARTHA’S VINEYARD AFRICAN AMERICAN FILM FESTIVAL - HBO Best Short Film Award
URBANWORLD FILM FESTIVAL – Audience Award Best Short Film
IRIS PRIZE – Finalist / Nominated for Youth Award
CMG FILM FESTIVAL – Jury Award Best Drama / Audience Award Best Drama / Best Performance
OUTSHINE FILM FESTIVAL – Jury Award Best Short Film / Audience Award Best Short Film
IMAGEOUT FILM FESTIVAL – Audience Award Best Short Film
NEWFEST FILM FESTIVAL – Audience Award Best Short Film
PAN AFRICAN AMERICAN FILM FESTIVAL – Nominated Best Narrative Short Film
TONKAWA FILM FESTIVAL – Best Narrative Short Film
OXFORD FILM FESTIVAL – Artist Vodka $15K Prize Best Short Film
QUEENSWORLD FILM FESTIVAL – Best LGBTQ Short Film
RIVERRUN INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL – Special Jury Award
deadCENTER FILM FESTIVAL – Special Jury Award
CORDILLERA FILM FESTIVAL – Best LGBTQ Short Film
ALBUQUERQUE FILM & MUSIC EXPERIENCE – Jury Award Best Short / Best Director
TAMPA BAY INTERNATIONAL GAY & LESBIAN FILM FESTIVAL – Jury Award Best Short
OUTFILMCT – Jury Award Best Short
SEATTLE QUEER FILM FESTIVAL - Audience Award Short Film
QUEER FILM FESTIVAL OLDENBURG - Audience Award Best Short Film
HOLEBI FILM FESTIVAL - Theme Award Best Short Film
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