Dirty (2020 film)

{{Infobox film

| name = Dirty

| image = Dirty 2020 Matthew Puccini poster.jpg

| caption = Poster

| director = Matthew Puccini

| producer = Cecilia Delgado
Matthew Puccini
Jeremy Truong

| writer = Matthew Puccini

| starring = Morgan Sullivan
Manny Dunn

| music = Nathan Prillaman

| cinematography = Matt Mitchell

| editing = William Sullivan

| studio = Jacob Burns Film Center
Bering Pictures
141 Entertainment

| distributor = The Criterion Channel

| released = {{film date|2020|1|24|Sundance Film Festival|2020|04|02|SXSW}}

| runtime = 11 minutes

| country = United States

| language = English

| budget =

}}

Dirty is a 2020 short LGBT coming-of-age romantic drama film, written and directed by Matthew Puccini. It premiered at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival, where it was nominated for the Grand Jury Prize for Best Short Film.{{Cite web|date=2020-01-23|title=2020 Sundance Preview: 10 Must-See Short Films in Park City|url=https://www.indiewire.com/2020/01/sundance-film-festival-2020-short-films-1202204059/|access-date=2020-06-03|website=IndieWire|language=en}}

The film made its online premiere through a virtual screening by SXSW, as the festival was cancelled as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. Nevertheless, the festival still awarded the film with a Special Jury Award for the performances of its lead actors, Morgan Sullivan and Manny Dunn.{{Cite web|date=2020-03-05|title=SXSW Film Festival Shorts To Stream On Mailchimp Presents|url=https://deadline.com/2020/03/sxsw-film-festival-shorts-stream-mailchimp-presents-1202892098/|access-date=2020-06-03|website=Deadline|language=en}}{{Cite web|date=2020-03-24|title=The 2020 SXSW Film Festival Announces Jury and Special Awards|url=https://www.sxsw.com/film/2020/the-2020-sxsw-film-festival-announces-jury-and-special-awards/|access-date=2020-06-03|website=SXSW|language=en}}{{Cite web|date=2020-05-09|title=SXSW 2020: Best Short Films Streaming Online

|url=https://www.theyoungfolks.com/film/143150/sxsw-2020-best-short-films-streaming-online/|access-date=2020-06-03|website=The Young Folks|language=en}} It then went on to play at BFI Flare, Outfest Fusion, Atlanta Film Festival and the Palm Springs International ShortFest; at the latter it was nominated for Best LGBTQ+ Short.{{Cite web|date=2020-06-05|title=Palm Springs ShortFest Selects 2020 Films|url=https://www.palmspringslife.com/palm-springs-shortfest-2020-films/|access-date=2020-06-05|website=Palm Springs Life|language=en}}{{Cite web|date=2020-06-04|title=Take a look: ShortFest announces lineup of 332 short films|url=https://www.desertsun.com/story/life/entertainment/movies/shortfest/2020/06/04/palm-springs-shortfest-announces-lineup-332-short-films/5287782002/|access-date=2020-06-05|website=Palm Springs Desert Sun|language=en}} In October 2020, the film's streaming rights were acquired by The Criterion Channel.{{Cite web|date=2020-09-24|title=October 2020 Programming on the Criterion Channel Announced|url=https://criterioncast.com/news/october-2020-programming-on-the-criterion-channel-announced|access-date=2020-12-23|website=Criterion Cast|language=en}}

Premise

Marco cuts class to spend the afternoon with his boyfriend, Graham. Things do not go as planned.{{Cite web|url=http://matthewpuccini.com/dirty/|title=Matthew Puccini - Dirty|accessdate=2020-06-05}}

According to Puccini, this film and his previous short, Lavender (2019), are personal to him, saying: "I’m grateful for both films for different reasons and they are all part of one period of my life — exploring these ideas of intimacy and loneliness and queer people seeking connection. In some ways they’re almost two attempts to answer the same question."{{Cite web|date=2020-04-08|title=Behind the Title: Unit9 director Matthew Puccini|url=https://postperspective.com/behind-the-title-unit9-director-matthew-puccini/|access-date=2020-06-05|website=postPerspective|language=en}}

Cast

Morgan Sullivan as Marco
Manny Dunn as Graham
Sean Patrick Higgins as Mr. Flanangan

Ethan River Cohen, Chelsea Eason, Cherish Hearts, Ryan Knight, Octavia Kohner, Maurice Nelson, Zac Porter, Olivia Sulkowicz, Melissa Topnas, Arianna Wellmoney and Jude Young appear as students during the opening scenes.

Accolades

=Film festival awards=

class="wikitable sortable"
Year ! Award ! Film Festival ! Recipient ! Result
rowspan="5" \| 2020 \|Short Film Grand Jury Prize \| Sundance Film Festival \|rowspan="2" \| Dirty \|{{Nominated}}
Grand Jury Award - Narrative Short \|rowspan="2"\| SXSW Film Festival \|{{Nominated}}
Special Jury Recognition for Acting \| Morgan Sullivan Manny Dunn \|{{Won}}
Best LGBTQ+ Short \| Palm Springs International ShortFest \| rowspan="2" \| Dirty \|{{Nominated}}
Fiction Shorts Competition \| Montclair Film Festival \|{{Nominated}}

class="wikitable sortable"

Year

! Award

! Film Festival

! Recipient

! Result

rowspan="5" | 2020

|Short Film Grand Jury Prize

| Sundance Film Festival

|rowspan="2" | Dirty

|{{Nominated}}

Grand Jury Award - Narrative Short