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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Men Don’t Whisper 

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After being emasculated at a sales conference, gay couple Reese and Peyton decide the only way to regain their confidence and prove their masculinity is to sleep with some women. When they meet fellow conference attendees and pleasure seekers Beth and Dominique, it seems like a perfect match. Unfortunately sealing the deal is easier said than done.


DIRECTED BY Jordan Firstman
WRITTEN BY Charles Rogers & Jordan Firstman

PRODUCERS 
Sarah Winshall
Kate Gill
Max Broude

EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS
Daniel Kellison
Mickey Meyer
Doug DeLuca


STARRING
Charles Rogers
Jordan Firstman
Clare McNulty
Bridey Elliott
Cheri Oteri


DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY Drew Daniels
EDITOR Patrick Lawrence
ORIGINAL MUSIC BY Adam Arcuragi


SCREENINGS

May, 2019
MIX MEXICO
Mexico City, Mexico

March, 2019
ROZE FILMDAGEN
Amsterdam,

October, 2018
PROUD FILMFESTIVAL
Aarhus, Denmark

October, 2018
DAYTON LGBT FILM FESTIVAL
Dayton, OH

August, 2018
NEW YORK NO LIMITS
New York, NY

August, 2018
HAWAII RAINBOW FILM FESTIVAL
Honolulu, HI

July 2018
OUTFEST
Los Angeles, CA

June 2018
FRAMELINE
San Francisco, CA

June, 2018
PALM SPRINGS SHORTSFEST
Palm Springs, CA

June, 2018
LIGHTHOUSE INTERNATIONAL
Long Beach Island, NJ

June, 2018
CONNECTICUT LGBT FILM FESTIVAL
Hartford, CT

May, 2018
PROVINCETOWN INTERNATIONAL
Provincetown, MA

May, 2018
KASHISH
Mumbai, India




May, 2018
MAMMOTH LAKES FILM FESTIVAL
Mammoth Lakes, CA

April, 2018
ATLANTA FILM FESTIVAL
Atlanta, GA

April, 2018
33 LOVERS
Turin, Italy

April 2018
FLORIDA FILM FESTIVAL
Maitland, FL

March 2018
ANNAPOLIS FILM FESTIVAL
Annapolis, MD

March 2018
SXSW
Austin, TX

March, 2018
BRISBANE QUEER FILM FESTIVAL
Brisbane, AUSTRALIA

January 2018
SUNDANCE
Park City, UT

November, 2017
PRIDE FILM FESTIVAL
Chicago, IL

October, 2017
REELQ
Pittsburgh, PA

September, 2017
NWLA GAY & LESBIAN FILM FESTIVAL
Shreveport, LA

August, 2017
BROOKLYN COMEDY FEST
Brooklyn, NY

August, 2017
NORTH CAROLINA GAY & LESBIAN FILM FESTIVAL
Durham, NC
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