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2022 Canadian film
Scaring Women at Night
Directed byKarimah Zakia Issa
Written byAce Clamber
Karimah Zakia Issa
Produced byLindsay Blair Goeldner
Rosalind Goodwin
StarringIzaiah Dockery
Kavita Musty
Dashawn Lloyd Blackwood
CinematographyAshley Iris Gill
Edited byNicole Sison
Production
companies		Common Good
Fae Pictures
Release date
  • September 13, 2022 (2022-09-13) (TIFF)
Running time11 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguageEnglish

Scaring Women at Night is a Canadian short drama film, directed by Karimah Zakia Issa and released in 2022. The film stars Izaiah Dockery as Ash, a Black transgender man who is walking alone in the dark, but becomes very nervous that Ella (Kavita Musty), a woman also walking alone nearby, may potentially view him as a threat.

The film premiered in the Short Cuts program at the 2022 Toronto International Film Festival.

Awards

The film was screened at the 2023 Inside Out Film and Video Festival, where Issa won the Emerging Canadian Artist award.

The film won the 2023 Iris Prize for best LGBTQ-themed short film.

References

  1. Céline Roustan, "Scaring Women at Night". Short of the Week, September 1, 2023.
  2. Adnan M., "TIFF 2022: ‘Scaring Women at Night’ is going to challenge your social cues". The Arts Guild, September 13, 2022.
  3. Kelly Townsend, "Lindsay Blair Goeldner prepares to take TIFF by storm". Playback, September 7, 2022.
  4. Valerie Complex, "InsideOut 2SLGBTQ+ Film Festival Announces 2023 Award Winners". Deadline Hollywood, June 6, 2023.
  5. Alastair James, "Iris Prize: Scaring Women at Night takes top prize at LGBTQ+ Film Festival". Attitude, October 14, 2023.

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