Private Project

3 Cafés

A film about a moment after the end, becomes a film about a moment just before the end.

  • R. W. Gray
    Director
    "aidos," "Choke Hold," "zack & luc," "Objects Are Closer"
  • R. W. Gray
    Writer
    "alice & huck," "The Wall," "aidos," "zack & luc"
  • R.W. Gray
    Producer
  • Jon Dewar
    Producer
  • Matt Rogers
    Producer
  • Alex Avon Corey
    Key Cast
  • Project Type:
    Experimental, Short
  • Genres:
    Romance, Experimental, Lomokino
  • Runtime:
    3 minutes
  • Completion Date:
    August 28, 2016
  • Production Budget:
    1,000 USD
  • Country of Origin:
    Canada
  • Country of Filming:
    Canada
  • Language:
    English
  • Shooting Format:
    Lomokino
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
  • Ze Festival Film Festival
    Nice
    France
    October 8, 2016
    World Premiere
  • Silver Wave Film Festival
    Fredericton,
    Canada
    November 4, 2016
    North American Premiere
    Best Experimental Short Film
  • Tampa Bay Underground Film Festival
    Tampa Bay, Florida
    United States
    December 2, 2016
    US Premiere
  • SENE Film, Music, & Arts Festival
    Providence
    United States
    April 29, 2017
  • Wicked Queer: The Boston LGBT Film Festival
    Boston
    United States
    April 5, 2017
  • TWIST: Seattle Queer Film Festival
    Seattle
    United States
    October 19, 2017
    Washington Premiere
  • NewFest
    New York
    United States
    October 22, 2017
    New York Premiere
  • Out on Film: Atlanta's LGBT Film Festival
    Atlanta
    United States
    October 4, 2017
Director Biography - R. W. Gray

R. W. Gray's has directed several short films that have appeared in festivals around the world and received acclaim. "Zack & Luc," "aidos," and "Choke Hold" all had wide festival play and won awards. “3 Cafes” is his sixth film as a director.

He is also a screenwriter and has had over ten short scripts produced including the award-winning shorts "“alice & huck” and “Blink” and more recently the short film "Chiaroscuro," adapted from one of his short stories and directed by Amy Bourgaize.

He is a senior editor of numerocinqmagazine.com, and is chiefly responsible for “Numero Cinq at the Movies,” the monthly film column. He has written two books of short stories, Crisp (2010) and Entropic (2015). He is a professor of film and creative writing at the University of New Brunswick.

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