Emerald City
Narrative Short
USA, 21 Minutes
Director Josef Steiff
Producer David Bobrow & Josef Steiff
Screenwriter David Bobrow
Executive Producers David Bobrow/Secreto Films, Josef Steiff/inVisibility Productions LLC
Editor Melissa Lawrenz
Cinematographer Matthew Hayward
Music By “Strange Ritual”
Written by Julian Tröndle, Louis Groß, Stefan Bercher
Performed by Lambs & Wolves
Courtesy of Dachsbau Records
Courtesy of Lambs & Wolves
c. 2021
Composer Dylan Love & Catherine Nguyen
Cast Alan Vazquez, Havon Baraka, Arasha Lalani, Rob Riordan
Contact Info invisibilitypro@gmail.com
Emerald City is an lgbtqia+ story of two young men, one who has aged out of foster care where he was placed after his parents were deported and the other on his way to join the border patrol. Each isolated in their own way, both seek a sense of community, of belonging, and meet on the back roads of the American Southwest, where they develop a tentative friendship that gradually becomes more.
Festivals & Awards
LGBTQ Unbordered International Film Festival: Best Of Show, Supporting Actress, Cinematography, Editing, Sound Editing & Original Score
Top Indie Film Awards
Best Cinematography, Editing & Sound
The IndieFest Awards, Special Mention: LGBTQ+ Film, Screenwriter
Festival Internacional de Cine y Multimedia
Special Mention: International Fiction Short Film
Local Connections
Director Josef Steiff lives in Southeast Wisconsin, and teaches at CLC.