EASY

A character study about the relationship between two brothers, one on the verge of becoming an adult, the other becoming a teenager, and the impact their choices have on each other.

Cast: Brennen Bliss, Travis Tope, Teddy Waggy, Andrew Sensenig & Jeff Walker

Crew: wri/dir/edit Daniel Laabs, prod Adam Donaghey, cine Bret Curry 

Awards: 2014 Dallas International Film Festival Short Special Jury Prize

Screenings: SXSW 2014 (World Premiere), Dallas International Film Festival, Sarasota Film Festival, Hill Country Film Festival, CinemaQ (Denver), Maryland Film Festival, Dallas Videofest, Frame of Mind (PBS), IndieMemphis, New Orleans Film Festival, InsideOUT Toronto, TallyShorts, Champs-Élysées Film Festival (Eyeslicer), International Film Festival Rotterdam (Eyeslicer)

Exhibition details: trt: 12mins, HDCAM or .mov, Stereo LtRt or 5.1

"Daniel Laabs' loose, impressionistic, yet psychologically and thematically rich short centers on two close-knit Texas brothers. The older, Michael, is well on his way to maturity with an affectionate girlfriend and a thoughtful, self-confident manner. All of which is something of a mystery to Jeffrey, who is on the verge of adolescence and whose life centers largely around gymnastics, an outlet Michael once enjoyed, too, until he "discovered girls." Are those mutually exclusive interests? The taint of public homophobia often directed toward male gymnasts (like figure skaters) is something Jeffrey is painfully aware of, even if his own sexuality is hardly fully-formed. Full of youthful questions with murky answers, EASY is a skillful dramatic miniature that says little outright but reveals a lot." 

- Dennis Harvey (VARIETY)

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