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Flu$h

In Flu$h, Roxy, a queer, high-femme punk, multi-tasks between a hot date and a hilarious group domination session with a cadre of her fabulous friends. When Roxy allows her date to get in on the action, things go awry, and Roxy must scramble to make sure she and her friends “come out on top.”

  • Heather María Ács
    Director
  • Heather María Ács
    Writer
  • Silas Howard, EP
    Producer
    Pose, Transparent, By Hook or By Crook
  • Morgan Sullivan
    Key Cast
    "Owen"
    Broad City. Dickinson, Dirty (Sundance 2020)
  • T.L. Thompson
    Key Cast
    "Wrex"
    Series Regular on Upcoming CW Reboot (Public announcement forthcoming)
  • Project Type:
    Short
  • Genres:
    Drama, Comedy
  • Runtime:
    9 minutes 24 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    June 13, 2018
  • Country of Origin:
    United States
  • Language:
    English
  • Shooting Format:
    RED
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    Yes
  • Student Project:
    No
  • Outfest LGBTQ FF
    Los Angeles
    World Premiere
  • Oaxaca International FF
    Oaxaca, Mexico
  • Newfest LGBTQ FF
    New York City
  • Seattle Queer FF
  • Contrast Film Festival
    Austin, TX
  • Long Beach Queer FF
    Long Beach, CA
  • QFlix
    Philadelphia
  • GrrlHaus Cinema
    Berlin
  • National Queer Arts Festival
    San Francisco
Director Biography - Heather María Ács

“Heather María Ács’ vibrant body of work is some of the most exciting queer cinema out there." (Robert Torres; Tribeca, Outfest)

Heather María Ács (she/her/Mx.) is an award-winning writer/director whose work explores queer, radical subcultures and femme-inine identities. Her films have played Big Apple Film Festival NY (Best LGBTQ Short, FLOURISH, 2020), Hollyshorts, Brooklyn Academy of Music, London Short Film Festival, Outfest, Mardi Gras FF (Australia), and Oaxaca IFF. Mx. Ács has shadowed on shows for Amazon, Netflix, Apple TV, and Showtime, and was selected for the Stowe Storylabs Episodic Narrative Lab (‘21) for her queer series, RADIANT FLUX.

Her company, FemmePower Productions, commits to intersectional representation on screen and behind the scenes - centering queer, BIPOC, trans, non-binary, immigrant, body positive, and disabled artists/professionals. She launched the free streaming platform, FemmePowerTV - queer content for quarantine - in May 2020 at www.femmepowerproductions.com.

Mx. Ács is an intimacy coordinator (PLAN B, Hulu) and a consultant with REPS on Set for authentic representation of BDSM/kink and LGBTQIA+ communities. Mx. Ács is working-class raised, Appalachian, and mixed-race Anglo-Xicana. [@FemmePowerProductions]

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Director Statement

My projects are love letters to my communities and gifts to the world beyond. My characters are outsiders, drag queens, hustlers, queerdos-individuals who rally against the status quo in order to survive and thrive in a destructive world. It is through this divergence and its challenges, that they find joy, community, mutual support, and love.

I believe that telling queer stories about joy and resilience is an act of resistance. My work expands beyond LGBT coming out stories and trauma narratives. My projects are embedded in honesty, conflict, and vulnerability, but my characters do not die. We do not lose. We survive. And thrive. All while looking fabulous.

I started FemmePower Productions, with a commitment to center underrepresented artists in front of and behind the camera. Our cast and crew of industry professionals represent multiple and intersectional identities, including queer, BIPOC, trans, nonbinary, mixed-race, immigrant, sex workers, disabled, fat-identified, and working-class.

We are driven and professional, fabulous and futuristic. We believe that marginalized artists should have opportunities to produce nuanced narratives - comedy, romance, fantasy, sci-fi - projects that center on more than our identities. We believe in abundance - that there is not only room, but an urgent need for a multiplicity of LGBTQIA+ stories that represent an array of intersectional identities and narratives.

Underrepresented stories have received new levels of attention and there is an unprecedented clamor for trans, non-binary, and queer characters. However, Hollywood’s curiosity does not guarantee that our stories will be told with respect, accuracy, or care. It is imperative that we control our own narratives, and gain access to the resources and platforms necessary to share our stories. Representation matters. FemmePower Productions commits to creating the change we want to see in media and entertainment.

FemmePower Productions is currently producing a series of short films and developing a narrative series that intimately portrays queer, radical subcultures. www.femmepowerproductions.com @femmepowerproductions