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2024

Stress Positions

Revel in the chaos of the early days of COVID in Theda Hammel’s queer comedy that was a hit at Sundance. Hammel co-stars with John Early (Search Party) to poke fun at the politics of bougie Brooklynites.

Director

Theda Hammel

Runtime

95 Minutes

Country

United States

Classification

Unclassified 15+

Theda Hammel and John Early present a biting, queer comedy on Brooklynites coping in the early days of the pandemic.

Dubbed the “first genuinely enjoyable film made about the pandemic” (Variety), Stress Positions offers a chaotic satire on everything from politics to class, race, gender and sexuality. Filmmaker Theda Hammel joins forces with John Early (Search Party) to poke fun at bougie Brooklynites struggling to cope during the height of COVID. Terry (Early) is recently divorced and staying in his ex-husband’s brownstone with his nephew Bahlul (Qaher Harhash), a young, beautiful model with a broken leg. As Terry tries to maintain his sanity, he must try to cope with the visits from his friend Karla (Hammel), who is bored and captivated by Bahlul. Revisit the disorienting early days of COVID in this queer comedy with an unpredictable directorial approach from Hammel, whose use of sound and image only adds to the wonderful chaos.

“Throughout, Hammel proves a sharp humorist fixated on showcasing and satirizing annoying, ignorant people.”

Variety

“Hammel and Early make for a wickedly funny pair, playing off each other’s misanthropy and deftly personifying what a long-term friendship that started a decade before in college now looks like in the 30s.”

IndieWire

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Film Credits

Director

Theda Hammel

Year

2024

Country

United States

Language

English

Type

Feature & Fiction

Program Strand

World Cinema

Producer

Brad Becker-Parton p.g.a.John Early p.g.a.Stephanie RoushAllie Jane Compton & Greg Nobile

Writer

Theda Hammel

Cinematographer

Arlene Muller

Editor

Erin DeWitt & Theda Hammel

Cast

John EarlyTheda Hammel & Qaher Harhash

Music

Theda Hammel

Film Source

Transmission Films

Genre

Comedy & LGBTQIA+

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Saturday 26 Oct 2024

06:30 pm

Stress Positions

Palace Nova Eastend:

Palace Nova Eastend Cinema 4

Friday 1 Nov 2024

08:45 pm

Stress Positions

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