ABOUT
Smudge Films is an independent production company dedicated to  making personal films with unique worldviews.

Founded in 2016 by producer Sarah Winshall, our films have played at Sundance, New Directors/New Films, SXSW, AFI Fest, Rotterdam, SFFilm, SIFF, CPH:DOX, Outfest, Rotterdam, BAM Cinemafest, MoMA, on the Criterion Channel, as Vimeo Staff Picks, and more.

We make shorts, features, docs, experimental videos, music videos, commercials, web series, and TV shows. We are based in Los Angeles.


© 2023 Smudge Films Too LLC.
Los Angeles CA



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Call Your Father
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Usually a reserved guy, Greg struggles to keep up with young, unpredictable Josh on their first date. But as the night continues, things spiral out of control and the two men must confront the generational divide in this cutting and insightful comedy about what it means to be gay in contemporary America.


WRITER & DIRECTOR Jordan Firstman
PRODUCER Sarah Winshall

EXECUTIVE PRODUCER Richard LaGravenese
CO-EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS Jessica & Aaron Grimmer


DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY Douglas Porter
EDITOR Patrick Lawrence
PRODUCTION DESIGNER Erika Mugglin
ORIGINAL MUSIC by Tim Kvasnosky

STARRING
Craig Chester
Jordan Firstman
Jason Greene
Jodie Turner-Smith
Eric Martig


SCREENINGS

June, 2020
CRITERION CHANNEL
online

March, 2018
BFI FLARE
London, ENGLAND

November, 2017
NEW ORLEANS FILM FESTIVAL
New Orleans, LA

November, 2017
FACE Á FACE
Saint-Etienne, FRANCE

November 2017
FRINGE! QUEER FILM & ARTS FEST
London, ENGLAND

October 2017
EASTERN OREGON FILM FESTIVAL
LaGrande, OR

October, 2017
REELQ
Pittsburgh, PA

August, 2017
NORTH CAROLINA GAY & LESBIAN FILM FESTIVAL
Jury Award Best Short Film
Durham, NC

August, 2017
SIDEWALK FILM FEST
Birmingham, AL

July, 2017
OUTFEST
Los Angeles, CA


June, 2017
LA FILM FESTIVAL
Los Angeles, CA

June, 2017
FRAMELINE
San Francisco, CA

June, 2017
PROVINCETOWN INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
Provincetown, MA

June, 2017
NexT IFF
Romania

May, 2017
MARYLAND FILM FESTIVAL
Baltimore, MD

May, 2017
INSIDE OUT TORONTO
Toronto, CA

May, 2017
MAMMOTH LAKES FILM FESTIVAL
Special Jury Mention, Best Short Film
Mammoth Lakes , CA

April, 2017
IFF BOSTON
Special Jury Prize, Best Short Film
Boston, MA

March, 2017
ATLANTA FILM FESTIVAL
Atlanta, GA
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