#SLUT
One of the short films being screened this year by the Fort Myers Film Festival is #SLUT. Written by Sophia Watson and directed by Jenna Kanell, the film stars Watson, Cassidy Bigham, Evan Castelloe, Keller Fornes, Jesse Gallegos, J. Michael Grey, Candace Haynes and Dominique Madison.
The synopsis provided by the filmmakers states that the short is about a young author whose life is mysteriously impacted through his writing about an innocent girl at an average, everyday high school who, after being bullied at school and on social media, falls prey to a handsome predator in a position of power. “If she can’t get out before it’s too late, lives will come crashing down.”
More cannot be said without undermining the intrigue or revealing the plot twists included in this complex, tiered psychological drama, which has done well on the festival circuit. #SLUT is the 2019 Papaya Films Bursary winner, won the D Lacy Jr. Social 
Justice Award at the 2018 Studio City Int’l Film Festival, and is a nominee for Best Drama at the 19th Annual FirstGlance Film Festival in Los Angeles. Jenna Kanell received Best Director at the 15 Minutes of Fame Film Festival in Cocoa Beach earlier this year, 
with Sophia Watson receiving nominations for Breakout Performance and Best Young Actor at FirstGlance as well.
#SLUT screens during the Unforgettable Shorts package beginning at 9:30 p.m. on Saturday, April 13 in 
the Sidney & Berne Davis Art Center.
March 25, 2019.
#BeYou@#FMFF.
About the Author
Tom Hall is both an amateur artist and aspiring novelist who writes art quest thrillers. He is in the final stages of completing his debut novel titled "Art Detective," a story that fictionalizes the discovery of the fabled billion-dollar Impressionist collection of Parisian art dealer Josse Bernheim-Jeune, thought by many to have perished during World War II when the collection's hiding place, Castle de Rastignac in southern France, was destroyed by the Wehrmacht in reprisal for attacks made by members of the Resistance operating in the area. A former tax attorney, Tom holds a bachelor's degree as well as both a juris doctorate and masters of laws in taxation from the University of Florida. Tom lives in Estero, Florida with his fiancee, Connie, and their four cats.