Doppelgänger

At an underground club in the 1980s, a young man flirts with a mysterious older guy as a serial killer and a new “gay cancer” lurk on the sidelines. Four decades later, during the latest pandemic, the same man returns to the renovated nightclub where he meets someone as young as he was on that magical night long ago, stirring long dormant desires and fears.

This ten-minute, proof of concept for the feature length screenplay Narcissus, a queer noir drama, was made at York University in Toronto. The short film and accompanying support paper were nominated for a Best Graduate Thesis award in the university’s MFA in Film Production Program.

Screenings

Melbourne Queer Film Festival
Sunday, November 12, 2023, 9:30 p.m.
The Capitol Cinema
113 Swanston Street
Melbourne, Victoria
Australia
Screened with the 1996 underground queer classic, Chocolate Babies.