Adam

Adam

60th TIFF: Greek Premiere

Adam, an erotically inexperienced teenager, visits his sister for the summer, who seems to date her way through NYC’s lesbian community. Introvert Adam struggles to grasp a new world of fluid gender identity and sexual openness, as he tags along behind his sister to queer bars and LBGTQI equality rallies. When he falls at first sight for attractive Glenn, she instinctively mistakes him for a trans male. Flummoxed and infatuated, he haplessly goes along with her false assumption. An offbeat comic tragedy of misunderstandings, of modest tenor and refined aesthetics, which walks down the bittersweet path to self-awareness.

Screening Schedule

No physical screenings scheduled.
Direction: Rhys Ernst
Script: Ariel Schrag
Cinematography: Shawn Peters
Editing: Joe Murphy
Sound: Aaron Bartscht, Michael Krystek, Nathan Ruyle
Music: Jay Wadley
Actors: Nicholas Alexander, Bobbi Salvör Menuez, Leo Sheng, Chloe Levine, Margaret Qualley
Production: Meridian Entertainment, Symbolic Exchange, Little Punk
Producers: Howard Gertler, James Schamus
Costumes: Olga Mill
Executive producer: Jennifer Wenjie Dong, Figo Li, Charlie Dibe, Avy Eschenasy, Joe Pirro
Sets: Nora Mendis
Camera: Jason Chau
Make Up: Jenai Chin, Chelsey Trainor, Charles Zambrano
Format: DCP
Color: Color
Production Country: USA
Production Year: 2019
Duration: 95´
Contact: Visit Films, info@visitfilms.com
Awards/Distinctions: Grand Jury Award for Outstanding Directing in a U.S. Feature, Grand Jury Award - Honorable Mention for Directing – L.A. Outfest 2019

“The tribute entitled "Different but the Same" is implemented by the Operational Program “Human Resources Development, Education and Lifelong Learning” and its co-financed by the European Union (European Social Fund) and Greek National Funds.”

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All venues of the screenings of the tribute “Different but the Same” are accessible to disabled people.


 

Rhys Ernst

Filmmaker and artist Rhys Ernst worked as a producer and director on Amazon’s Transparent and received an Emmy award nomination for directing and producing the web series Transparent: This Is Me. Ernst has showcased his work at Sundance, Oberhausen, and The Hammer Museum, winning numerous accolades and distinctions for his work on transgender representation in the media. His debut feature film Adam, premiered at the Sundance Film Festival.

Filmography

2003 The Drive North (short)
2009 N Train (short)
2009 Secret Men's Club: Moment #133 (short)
2011 The Thing (short)
2012 She Gone Rogue (short)
2019 Adam