Short film

Hunted
2026 · 13 min
A short, suffocating plunge into cruelty and courage that leaves you shaken long after its brief runtime ends.
- Directed by
- Christopher Folkens
- Genres
- Drama
- Starring
- Luke Lowrey, Luca Jarosz, Andrew Byron
- Overview
- In the midst of the 2017 Chechen gay purge, a young gay man is arrested, tortured, and forced into an impossible choice: betray the people he loves or die for them. He must summon the courage to defy a system determined to erase him.
- How it feels
- Dark, bleak and tense. Measured and needs your attention.
- About
- Survival, identity, betrayal, violence
- Content
- Strong violence. Mild gore, sexual content and language.
- Note
- Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown
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- Directed by
- Christopher Folkens
- Genres
- Drama
- Starring
- Luke Lowrey, Luca Jarosz, Andrew Byron


