SUNDAY 20 OCTOBER, 2024 – c/o TRENTA FORMICHE from 21:00
HPFF will welcome iconic independent filmmaker Todd Verow on Sunday, October 20, 2024 c/o Trenta Formiche, Rome. On this evening, Todd Verow will present some of his short films in a selection curated by himself on the theme of cruising. This section will be followed by the screening of the feature film YOU CAN’T STAY HERE (2023), a horror film set in New York in the 1990s, starring Guillermo Díaz.
Todd Verow (he/him) was born in Bangor, Maine (USA). He made short experimental films and worked as a cinematographer for Gregg Araki (TOTALLY F***ED UP) and Jon Moritsugu (MOD F*** EXPLOSION and TERMINAL USA) before making his directorial feature film debut with FRISK in 1996. Starting his own production company Bangor Films, Todd has directed over thirty-five award winning features and numerous shorts, establishing himself as the most prolific auteur emeritus of the New Queer Cinema. Fiercely independent, Todd Verow proudly describes himself as an underground filmmaker in the tradition of his idols George and Mike Kuchar, Kenneth Anger, Jack Smith and Andy Warhol.
21:00 – SELECTED SHORT FILMS, 40′ – Q&A with TODD VEROW
TOM’S GIFT by Charles Lum and Todd Verow, 6’40”
BUILT FOR ENDURANCE by Todd Verow, 7′
BEEN TOO LONG AT THE FAIR by Charles Lum and Todd Verow, 6’20”
FIRE ISLAND ’79 by Todd Verow, 7’46”
SECRET SANTA SEX PARTY by Charles Lum and Todd Verow, 12′
22:30 – YOU CAN’T STAY HERE by Todd Verow, 104′
00:15 – DJ SET – ASTROBOY @towsea
