Boys & Toys
Director: Kevin P. Alexander
United States, 2019, 13 min
Shooting Format:Arri Alexa Mini
Festival Year:2020
Category:Narrative Short
Cast:Maren Lord, Christopher Dylan White
Crew:Writer: Kevin P. Alexander. Producer: Daniel Schloss.
Email:kapeal@gmail.com
Synopsis
30-something Abby hits on a younger guy at a bar. Things get awkward when it turns out she already knows him.
Trailer
About the director
Kevin P. Alexander is a Brooklyn-based writer/director whose short films have played at Austin Film Festival, Encounters Film Festival and Edmonton International Film Festival. His debut feature, Hunter&Game (2014) won Best Feature at the LA Indie and Art of Brooklyn film festivals. He was formerly a producer for New York's PBS affiliate, WNET, culminating in an Emmy win for Treasures of New York: Art Underground (2012).
Filmmaker's note
"Boys & Toys" is what you might call a "worst nightmare" comedy. I took inspiration from my brownstone-Brooklyn upbringing to create a part-observational, part-farcical take my social circle's inability to reach adulthood.