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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.

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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 

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

 

SOUND DESIGN AND MIX BY Rex Recker

 

VISUAL EFFECTS  Mark Palkoski

TITLES AND GRAPHICS  Kristin Zahra 

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PRESS

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

CONTACT: TheRealTalkFilms@gmail.com

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