At the height of the AIDS crisis in 1992, 18-year-old VINNY is reeling after hooking up with another boy, a goth from the city named GABE, for the first time. In the tiny enclave of Callicoon, New York, his only confidant is CHRIS, a ghost he's been secretly communicating with through a handmade Ouija board. Consumed by fear over his first sexual encounter, Vinny brings Gabe beneath the ruins of a crumbling bridge to summon Chris. Gabe quickly discovers Chris isn't just a figment of Vinny's imagination, he's a jealous ghost with the power to twist reality into nightmares.
BOBBY ABATE (Brooklyn, NY) is a queer artist, filmmaker, and editor whose work has been showcased at the MoMA, The New York Film Festival, the Guggenheim in Bilbao, and the San Francisco Cinematheque. Critics celebrated their first feature, Certain Women, co-directed with Peggy Ahwesh; and the MoMA called the film “as sustained and as successful as Todd Haynes’ acclaimed Far From Heaven” with an “almost opposite approach.” Film Comment Magazine named Bobby one of the top 25 emerging filmmakers for the 21st century. They were also the recipient of the Princess Grace Award, the DVAA fellowship, and Leighton International Artist Exchange Grant. A member of the Television Academy, Bobby served as editor for seasons 3 and 4 of the Queer docuseries “We’re Here” on HBO, which recently won a Peabody Award. Additionally, they create animations for renowned drag performer Sasha Velour. They have a master’s in filmmaking from Bard College and a certificate in screenwriting from the Binger Institute in Amsterdam.