Michael Hodgson

(2025) Short film. A closeted dad rigs a Christmas raffle to prove he's a man to his kid.

In this poetic love story, Noon (Nancy Trotter Landry) is our narrator, a shy taxidermist who keeps a silent menagerie of fauna in the freezer alongside her lover Manchesters (Liam Browne) ice pops. Manchester documents their affair, creating highly charged and wonderfully erotic images. They are happy to detach themselves from the outside world as much as possible, allowing them to explore each other and indulge their passions. In their space away from other distractions, their appetite and attraction for each other is intensified. How will their relationship fare when they step out of this cocooned environment? Tension is never far from the surface, and things are exacerbated when Manchester is seduced by a lucrative offer that takes him away from Noon and the world they share.