Judas Kiss is an offbeat contemporary drama on a college campus alive with magic realism – a place where you can grab a second chance at your future. Like Sliding Doors, it offers a window into a fresh destiny. Film Festival judge Zachary Wells’ handsome one night stand turns out to be a student competing for a scholarship Zach must award. Mysteriously, Danny Reyes’ entry has the same title as Zach’s film that won the festival years before. Zach, his own career in shambles, sees Danny making the same mistakes he did and as Zach scrambles for answers, a mysterious, chain-smoking campus tour guide counsels him to take matters into his own hands. Blending elements of surrealism, romance, darkness and redemption, Judas Kiss is a genuinely compelling, smart, briskly paced rumination on lost opportunities and second chances.
Filmography: First Feature
Playing with the short film HELLA STRONG
Directed by Cathleen Arnerich
United States, 8 minutes
NORTHWEST EMERGING SHORT
Filmmakers Cathleen Arnerich & Justin Zimmerman in attendance
Hella Strong explores Blow Pony, a monthly 
dance party and show space run by DJ and activist Airick Heater. The event brings together Portland’s sometimes splintered queer community through music, mayhem and dance.
