Dirty (2020 film)


Dirty is a 2020 short LGBT coming-of-age romantic drama film, written and directed by Matthew Puccini. It premiered at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival, where it was nominated for the Grand Jury Prize for Best Short Film.
The film made its online premiere through a virtual screening by SXSW, due the festival's cancellation as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. Nevertheless, they still awarded the film with a Special Jury Award for the performances of its lead actors, Morgan Sullivan and Manny Dunn. It then went on to play at BFI Flare, Outfest Fusion, Atlanta Film Festival and the Palm Springs International ShortFest.
According to Puccini, this film and his previous short, Lavender, are personal to him, saying: "I’m grateful for both films for different reasons and they are all part of one period of my life — exploring these ideas of intimacy and loneliness and queer people seeking connection. In some ways they’re almost two attempts to answer the same question."

Premise

Marco cuts class to spend the afternoon with his boyfriend, Graham. Things do not go as planned.

Cast