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Gloria

A gender-questioning teen raised in a southern home in the mid-1960s risks everything to cross-dress for the first time after receiving a secret invitation to an underground party.

  • Camille Gladney Schmoutz
    Director
  • Christine Chen
    Director
    My Heart (Ya Albi), Shakespeare on the Range, A Birds Nest
  • Camille Gladney Schmoutz
    Writer
  • Camille Gladney Schmoutz
    Producer
  • Christine Chen
    Producer
  • Jennifer Carsillo
    Producer
  • Connor Benedict
    Key Cast
    "Sam/Gloria"
  • Summer Jones
    Key Cast
    "Frankie"
  • Jamie Dion
    Key Cast
    "Linda"
  • Jesse Gallegos
    Key Cast
    "Bruce"
  • Jennifer Carsillo
    Key Cast
    "Mom"
  • Jesse Kortus
    Key Cast
    "Paul"
  • Project Type:
    Short
  • Genres:
    Dramedy, LGBT, coming-of-age
  • Runtime:
    15 minutes 7 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    September 14, 2018
  • Production Budget:
    19,000 USD
  • Country of Origin:
    United States
  • Country of Filming:
    United States
  • Language:
    English
  • Shooting Format:
    HD (RED)
  • Aspect Ratio:
    2.39
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    Yes
  • Student Project:
    No
  • Louisiana Film Prize Festival
    Shreveport, Louisiana
    United States
    October 4, 2018
    World Premiere
    Founders' Circle Award
  • Santa Fe Film Festival
    Santa Fe, New Mexico
    United States
    February 17, 2019
    Southwest Premiere
    Official Selection
  • Louisiana International Film Festival (LIFF Fest)
    Baton Rouge, Louisiana
    United States
    Official Selection
  • Hill Country Film Festival
    Fredericksburg, Texas
    United States
    April 26, 2019
    Texas Premiere
    Official Selection
  • Translations: Seattle Transgender Film Festival
    Seattle, Washington
    United States
    May 5, 2019
    Northwest Premiere
    Audience Choice: Best Narrative Short
  • Women Texas Film Festival
    Dallas, Texas
    United States
    August 17, 2019
    Official Selection
  • North Carolina Gay and Lesbian Film Festival
    Durham, North Carolina
    United States
    North Carolina Premiere
    Best U.S. Comedy Short
  • North Louisiana Gay and Lesbian Film Festival
    Shreveport, Louisiana
    United States
    September 6, 2019
    Official Selection
  • Queerport
    Shreveport, Louisiana
    United States
    June 22, 2019
  • StoryTellHERS Volume 1
    Shreveport, Louisiana
    United States
    March 31, 2022
    Official Selection
  • Pride Acadiana Film Festival
    Lafayette, Louisiana
    United States
    June 3, 2023
    Official Selection
Director Biography - Camille Gladney Schmoutz, Christine Chen

Christine Chen has been filming since she knew what a VHS camcorder could do. She has a B.A. from Rice University as well as a MBA from the University of Texas McCombs. Christine's short films A Bird's Nest and Ya Albi were Top 5 Louisiana Film Prize Finalists in 2014 and 2016 respectively. They are available on iTunes, Amazon, ShortsHD and continue to make the festival rounds. Christine's debut feature ‘Funemployment’, produced under her banner Moth to Flame Films, is also currently being submitted to festivals.

Camille Schmoutz is passionate about the transformative power of cinematic storytelling. She earned her MFA in Creative Writing from Goddard College in 2015 and made her screenwriting and directorial debut in 2018 with her short film ‘Gloria’ which premiered at the Louisiana Film Prize Festival and received a Founders’ Circle Award. She believes wholeheartedly in the merits of collaboration and hopes to do her part to strengthen the community of filmmakers working to make the world a better, more beautiful place with their art.

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Director Statement

We hope that our film 'Gloria' offers an authentic, heartfelt portrayal of transgender and gender-nonconforming people in a way that uplifts and honors the LGBT+ community and sheds a light on our shared humanity that everyone can see and understand.