2025
The Fling
A nice romantic dinner in a restaurant goes awry when it’s revealed one of them has a monstrous secret.
Director
Jemma Cotter
Runtime
4 Minutes
Country
Australia
Classification
Unclassified 15+
A short, stop-motion horror rom-com about two women at a fancy restaurant on the prowl for love. They must hide their monstrous appetites to ensure their dates go well, leading to hilariously grotesque consequences. An homage to John Carpenter’s The Thing (1982), this queer love story reveals that the only way to find true love is to be yourself — tentacles and all.
Screening with Queer shorts:
Boyish (Scarlett Scherer)
Crabs in the Air (Esteban Guerrero Carranco)
Emile is Missing (Sam Carson)
Ladies Night (Lucy Bubalo & Shayla Nguyen)
Automagic (Ashok Vish)
The Eating of an Orange (May Kindred-Boothby)
Screening with Queer shorts:
Boyish (Scarlett Scherer)
Crabs in the Air (Esteban Guerrero Carranco)
Emile is Missing (Sam Carson)
Ladies Night (Lucy Bubalo & Shayla Nguyen)
Automagic (Ashok Vish)
The Eating of an Orange (May Kindred-Boothby)
Film Credits
Director
Jemma Cotter
Year
2025
Country
Australia
Language
No Dialogue
Type
Animation & Short
Program Strand
Shorts
Producer
Jemma Cotter & Brett Tinning
Writer
Scott Day & Nick Owens
Cinematographer
Flick Smith
Cast
Chido Mwat, Lucy Fox, Pedro Cooray & Zachary Ruane
Music
Freya Berkhout
Film Source
Quiet Giant
Genre
Animation, Horror, Romance & Short
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