Puss to Premiere March 16 at SXSW

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In MIDNIGHT SHORTS Competition
PUSS
By Leah Shore
What Does It Take To Get Laid During A Pandemic?

<I>Puss</I> to Premiere March 16 at SXSW 1

3-13-2021. Multi-hyphenate Leah Shore (Filmmaker Magazine‘s “25 New Faces of Independent Film” 2013) returns to SXSX with a new live-action short PUSS, their fifth film programmed at the festival. Loosely based on the filmmaker’s own experience, PUSS is a surreal, scandalous, hilarious, and extremely relatable story of Gabriela, who is spending the pandemic locked down alone, bored, and thirsty. Gabriela’s search for close human contact only leads to frustration – until her pent-up desire bubbles over and explodes in a delirious fever dream.

Logline: Samantha really wants to get laid, but is having a hard time for some reason.

Writer & Director: Leah Shore

Cast: Sarah Ellen Stephens, Karl Jacob, Brian Agamie, Mark Blane, Brian w. Smith, William Goerge-Louis

Midnight Shorts filmmaker Q&A with director/writer Leah Shore:

Tuesday, March 16th, 12am (midnight) ET

Moderated by Chelsea Lupkin (Programmer, Short of The Week)

*Zoom link will be posted on Leah Shore’s social media on the day of the event.

Free and open to the public.