{"id":1163676,"date":"2025-03-27T06:10:48","date_gmt":"2025-03-27T13:10:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.moviemaker.com\/?p=1163676"},"modified":"2025-03-27T06:10:51","modified_gmt":"2025-03-27T13:10:51","slug":"ernest-anemone-family-affair","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.moviemaker.com\/ernest-anemone-family-affair\/","title":{"rendered":"Ernest Anemone\u2019s &#8216;Family Affair&#8217; is a Queer Comic Short With Sitcom Overtones \u2013 Stay Tuned"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"iframe-container\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"FAMILY AFFAIR | Award-Winning Queer Comedy Short Film  \ud83c\udff3\ufe0f\u200d\ud83c\udf08 \ud83c\udff3\ufe0f\u200d\u26a7\ufe0f \ud83c\udfc6\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/IWpTw_giQHA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cFamily Affair\u201d is a funny, warm-hearted short film about secrets, friendships and family. But it also feels like just the beginning of a longer story \u2014 a day in the life of characters we want to get to know more. And that\u2019s exactly what writer Ernest Anemone intended.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Anemone is developing the short film, which is now available on YouTube after festival run that began at the Provincetown Film Festival in 2023, into a series of the same name. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It follows Tanner (Bear D&#8217;Angelo), a high school senior who seems to have everything going for him. It\u2019s not your typical sitcom though: Tanner is up to something that involves a big duffle bag, his mom gets the best lines, and his science class has a skeleton named \u201cBoner.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Also Read:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.moviemaker.com\/provincetown-international-film-festival\/\">Provincetown International Film Festival Celebrates 25th Anniversary by Showing How to Do a Film Festival Right<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As &#8220;Family Affair&#8221; progresses, Tanner interacts with a cast of characters in dependable, repeatable settings like his suburban home and high school \u2013 standard sitcom setups. The introduction of Tanner\u2019s dad towards the end of the film sets up a dynamic that would help really set the series apart.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.wixstatic.com\/media\/b339f7_a999ae99381a44309c5e1ed1ba17a06b~mv2.jpeg\/v1\/fill\/w_297,h_395,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,enc_auto\/FAFilmPosterWCredits.jpeg\" alt=\"\" style=\"width:542px;height:721px\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The &#8220;Family Affair&#8221; team<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Director Julio Dowansingh creates a warm tone with mostly queer, female and BIPOC creatives. Standouts include Donna Vivino as Tanner\u2019s mom and Corey Barrow as his concerned best friend. The director of photography is Emily O\u2019Leary, and the film was produced by Anemone, Kyle Burt, Amy DePaola and John de la Parra.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Anemone has a unique background that has given him a strong emphasis on ethical filmmaking.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI started my career as a trial attorney, and after discovering my passion for acting and filmmaking, I started using theater education techniques to help individuals and organizations tell their own stories more effectively,\u201d he says.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The film was one of many films that stood out at a packed shorts bloc at the charming Waters Edge Cinema, one of the venues of the Provincetown International Film Festival. As we wrote <a href=\"https:\/\/www.moviemaker.com\/provincetown-international-film-festival\/\">after the festival<\/a>, held June 14-18, Provincetown is a festival that seems to do everything right \u2014 and programming fun and thoughtful films like &#8220;A Family Affair&#8221; is just one of the ways it stands out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You can learn more about the film at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.familyaffairfilm.com\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.familyaffairfilm.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">familyaffairfilm.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Main image: Bear D&#8217;Angelo as Tanner in &#8220;Family Affair.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u201cFamily Affair\u201d is a funny, warm-hearted short film about secrets, friendships and family. 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