Synopsis
Childhood friends Chris and Alex reunite on a camping trip to an idyllic but reportedly haunted creek. Tensions mount as Chris’ deep Christian faith clashes with Alex’s worldly perspectives, until a dark presence pervades the creek and awakens unconscious desires that force the friends to reckon with their sexualities.
Director Biography – Coby Friesen
Coby Friesen is an emerging writer and filmmaker based in Winnipeg, Manitoba. He’s been into film for as long as he can remember but it wasn’t until he left theatre school and began writing his own scripts that he realized he wanted to create his own films. After years of helping friends on short films in various capacities, participating in the 48 Hour Film Festival several times, and working on union film sets, Coby finally applied to Gimli International Film Festival’s RBC Pitch Competition for the first time in the summer of 2022. He did not win but gained valuable experience, and the loss spurred him to make his debut short film Hook Up, which screened at the 2023 Vancouver Queer Film Festival and won the “Top Emerging Director” award at the Reel Pride Film Festival in Winnipeg. In 2024, he competed again (and won) at the RBC Pitch Competition with the idea for the erotic horror Cruising in Gomorrah.