Don't Frighten the Horses (Trailer) - Award Winning LGBT Short Film
Channel: Flying Penguin Productions
Date: 2023-12-30

Watch Film: https://youtu.be/gtaFWcArBcg

Jesse desperately wants to hold Derek's hand, but he soon remembers that a bus stop is not a safe space for public displays of queer affection. A suggestive glance between them becomes more than they bargained for. True love takes courage, but in LA no one is braver than a gay who eats carbs.

directed by: Yannis Zafeiriou (https://www.yanzaf.com)
written by: Josh Allen Goldman (https://www.instagram.com/joshallengoldman)
produced by: Flying Penguin Productions (https://www.instagram.com/flyingpenguinyz)
IMDb Page: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt11332860

Don't Frighten the Horses won the award for Best Editing at the Great Message International Film Festival, and was a Finalist at the Athens International Digital Film Festival in Greece. It was also an official selection at QueerX, Cinema Diverse: The Palm Springs LGBTQ Film Festival, OUTShine LGBTQ+ Film Festival, OutSouth Queer Film Festival, and the Micheaux Film Festival.

CAST
Jesse: JOSH ALLEN GOLDMAN
Derek: JONATHAN JOON KIM
Anxious Woman: KERSTIN PORTER
Peeing Man: JOE FINFERA
Angry Man: MOISES MACEDO
Sexy Woman: SHENELL WILLIAMS
Judgmental Woman: JO DELLAPINA
Woke Woman: ALICIA V. WILSON
Humming Man: YANNIS ZAFEIRIOU

CREW
director of photography: Valentin Alt
editor: Yannis Zafeiriou (https://www.yanzaf.com)
sound designer/mixer: Nels Christensen
camera operator/colorist: Valentin Alt
visual effects: Aris Zagklis

“GREY SEA”
written by: WE GOVERN WE
performed by: WE GOVERN WE

“COTTON CANDY”
written by: WE GOVERN WE
performed by: Yannis Zafeiriou

SPECIAL THANKS TO:
Beatrice Rose Stella Tanner
Yorgos Kasfikis
Ilan Greenwald
Panos Scourtis
Anna Karakalou
Aris Zagklis
Nikki Monnéy
Mike E. Lesovsky
Paige Compton
and
All the Queers who came before.

“Does it really matter what these affectionate people do —
so long as they don’t do it in the streets and frighten the horses!”
- Beatrice Rose Stella Tanner aka Mrs. Patrick Campbell (1865-1940)