DON'T TEXT YOUR EX (2022) - LGBTQ-themed Short Film +SDH Subtitles
Logline: An elderly couple remembers the time they broke up with each other and warns the youth about the gravity of a particular type of heartbreak: a queer heartbreak.
Starring: Jo Güstin, Jaslyn Marshall, Biko Beauttah and Carol Bailey.
Written, directed and produced by: Jo Güstin
“Jesus of course being the name of your dickclit”
— Bassa (Don’t Text Your Ex)
Photographer: Arvin Yanwen Zhang 🍁 Colorist: anata laylay 🍁 Models: Jaslyn Marshall, Biko Beauttah, Carol Bailey
BTS Photographer: Arvin Yanwen Zhang 🍁 Colorist: anata laylay 🍁 Model: Jaslyn Marshall
BTS Photographer: Arvin Yanwen Zhang 🍁 Colorist: anata laylay 🍁 Models: Biko Beauttah, Carol Bailey
Still Photographer: Arvin Yanwen Zhang 🍁 Colorist: anata laylay 🍁 Models: Adina Heisler, Tus Wallace
Photographer: Arvin Yanwen Zhang 🍁 Colorist: anata laylay 🍁 Models: Jaslyn Marshall, Biko Beauttah, Carol Bailey
BTS Photographer: Arvin Yanwen Zhang 🍁 Colorist: anata laylay 🍁 Model: Micha Edwards
BTS Photographer: Arvin Yanwen Zhang 🍁 Colorist: anata laylay
Photographer: Arvin Yanwen Zhang 🍁 Colorist: anata laylay 🍁 Model: Jaslyn Marshall
Still Photographer: Arvin Yanwen Zhang 🍁 Colorist: anata laylay 🍁 Model: Jo Güstin
Photographer: Arvin Yanwen Zhang 🍁 Colorist: anata laylay 🍁 Models: Biko Beauttah, Carol Bailey, Micha Edwards, Ryan Davy
Photographer: Arvin Yanwen Zhang 🍁 Colorist: anata laylay 🍁 Models: Jaslyn Marshall, Biko Beauttah, Carol Bailey
Photographer: Arvin Yanwen Zhang 🍁 Colorist: anata laylay 🍁 Models: Jaslyn Marshall, Biko Beauttah, Carol Bailey
Still Photographer: Arvin Yanwen Zhang 🍁 Colorist: anata laylay 🍁 Model: Jaslyn Marshall
Still Photographer: Arvin Yanwen Zhang 🍁 Colorist: anata laylay 🍁 Models: Jaslyn Marshall, Jo Güstin
Still Photographer: Arvin Yanwen Zhang 🍁 Colorist: anata laylay 🍁 Models: Jaslyn Marshall, Biko Beauttah, Carol Bailey
BTS Photographer: Arvin Yanwen Zhang 🍁 Colorist: anata laylay 🍁 Model: Jaslyn Marshall
Still Photographer: Arvin Yanwen Zhang 🍁 Colorist: anata laylay 🍁 Model: Jaslyn Marshall
Still Photographer: Arvin Yanwen Zhang 🍁 Colorist: anata laylay 🍁 Models: Micha Edwards, Ryan Davy
Photographer: Arvin Yanwen Zhang 🍁 Colorist: anata laylay 🍁 Models: Jo Güstin, Roy Zheng
Photographer: Arvin Yanwen Zhang 🍁 Colorist: anata laylay 🍁 Models: Jaslyn Marshall, Jo Güstin, Tus Wallace
Photographer: Arvin Yanwen Zhang 🍁 Colorist: anata laylay 🍁 Model: Jaslyn Marshall
BTS Photographer: Arvin Yanwen Zhang 🍁 Colorist: anata laylay 🍁 Models: Jaslyn Marshall, Biko Beauttah, Carol Bailey, Chala Hunter, Ryan Davy, Roy Zheng, Felipe Gonzalez
BTS Photographer: Arvin Yanwen Zhang 🍁 Colorist: anata laylay 🍁 Models: Jaslyn Marshall, Tus Wallace, Kei Liu, Roxane Barry
Still Photographer: Arvin Yanwen Zhang 🍁 Colorist: anata laylay 🍁 Models: Micha Edwards, Biko Beauttah, Carol Bailey, Ryan Davy
BTS Photographer: Arvin Yanwen Zhang 🍁 Colorist: anata laylay 🍁 Models: Jo Güstin, Biko Beauttah, Carol Bailey, Roy Zheng
BTS Photographer: Arvin Yanwen Zhang 🍁 Colorist: anata laylay 🍁 Models: Adina Heisler, Chala Hunter
BTS Photographer: Arvin Yanwen Zhang 🍁 Colorist: anata laylay 🍁 Models: Jaslyn Marshall, Jo Güstin, Roy Zheng
BTS Photographer: Arvin Yanwen Zhang 🍁 Colorist: anata laylay 🍁 Models: Chala Hunter, Jo Güstin
BTS Photographer: Arvin Yanwen Zhang 🍁 Colorist: anata laylay 🍁 Models: Jo Güstin, Roy Zheng, Justin Cathcart
BTS Photographer: Arvin Yanwen Zhang 🍁 Colorist: anata laylay 🍁 Models: Biko Beauttah, Jo Güstin
BTS Photographer: Arvin Yanwen Zhang 🍁 Colorist: anata laylay 🍁 Models: Jo Güstin, Tus Wallace
BTS Photographer: Arvin Yanwen Zhang 🍁 Colorist: anata laylay 🍁 Models: Jaslyn Marshall, Roy Zheng, Justin Cathcart, Felipe Gonzalez
Photographer: Arvin Yanwen Zhang 🍁 Colorist: anata laylay 🍁 Models: Jo Güstin, Tus Wallace, Roy Zheng
BTS Photographer: Arvin Yanwen Zhang 🍁 Colorist: anata laylay 🍁 Models: Roxane Barry, Justin Cathcart
Awards & Laurels
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![Don't Text Your Ex by Jo Güstin - Award winner laurels Cannes Short Film Festival]()
Award🏆Best LGBT short at Cannes Short Film Festival 2022 (Cannes, 🇫🇷)
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![Don't Text Your Ex Laurel Toronto Queer Film Festival 2023]()
Toronto Queer Film Festival 2023 (Toronto, ON 🇨🇦)
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![Don't Text Your Ex Laurel - Inside Out Toronto 2SLGBTQ+ Film Festival]()
Inside Out Toronto 2SLGBTQ+ Film Festival 2022 (Toronto, 🇨🇦)
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![Don't Text Your Ex by Jo Güstin - Pink Laurels from Vancouver Queer Film Festival]()
Vancouver Queer Film Festival (Vancouver, 🇨🇦)
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![Don't Text Your Ex by Jo Güstin - Laurels Couch Film Festival - Award winner Best First-time filmmaker]()
Award🏆Best First-Time Filmmaker award at Couch Film Festival (Summer 2022) (Toronto, 🇨🇦)
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![Don't Text Your Ex by Jo Güstin - Laurels Official selection Fringe Queer Film & Arts Fest London 2022]()
Fringe! Queer Film & Arts Fest London (2022) (England🏴)
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![Don't Text Your Ex by Jo Gustin - Laurels from Massimadi 2022]()
🌍World Premiere at Massimadi LGBTQ Afro Film Festival Montreal 2022 (Montréal, 🇨🇦)
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![Don't Text Your Ex by Jo Gustin - Laurels from Translations Seattle Transgender Film Festival 2022]()
TRANSlations Seattle Transgender Film Festival 2022 (Seattle, 🇺🇸)
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![Don't Text Your Ex by Jo Güstin - Laurels Official Selection of the Bech Test Film Fest 2021/2022]()
Bech Test Film Fest 2022 (Scotland🏴)
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![Laurels Winner Best Cinematography - Don't Text Your Ex by Jo Gustin - Laurels from Queer Stories International LGBTQ Film Festival 2022]()
Winner 🏆of Best Cinematography at Queer Stories International LGBTQ Film Festival 2022 (Online, India 🇮🇳)
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![Don't Text Your Ex by Jo Güstin - Laurels Official Selection of WickedQueer Boston's LGBTQ+ Film Festival]()
Wicked Queer Boston's LGBTQ+ Film Festival 2023 (Boston, 🇺🇸)
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![Don't Text Your Ex by Jo Gustin - Laurels from PrideArts Pride Film Fest 2022]()
PrideArts Lez Fest 2022 (Chicago, 🇺🇸)
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![Don't Text Your Ex by Jo Gustin - Laurels from Transtellar 2022]()
TRANS STELLAR 2022 (Detroit, 🇺🇸)
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![Don't Text Your Ex by Jo Gustin - Laurels from Alternative Film Festival 2022]()
🥉3rd Runner Up Best Poster at the Alternative Film Festival 2022 (Toronto,🇨🇦)
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![Don't Text Your Ex by Jo Gustin - Laurels from Kashish Mumbai 2022]()
KASHISH Mumbai International Queer Film Festival (Mumbai, 🇮🇳)
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![Don't Text Your Ex by Jo Güstin - Laurels Official Selection of the Grand River Film Festival 2022]()
Grand River Film Festival 2022 (Cambridge, ON 🇨🇦)
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![Laurels for Don't Text Your Ex by Jo Güstin - Official selection at Transition International Queer & Minorities FIlm Festival]()
Transition International Queer & Minorities Film Festival 2022 (Vienna, 🇦🇹)
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🥉Semi-Finalist at the SMALL AXE Radical Short Film Awards 2022 (also my personal 🏆favorite rejection email) (Chepstow, Wales 🏴)
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![Don't Text Your Ex by Jo Gustin - Laurels from Biconic 2023]()
BiCONIC- Centering on the Bi+ Umbrella 2023 (San Francisco, 🇺🇸)
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![Don't Text Your Ex by Jo Gustin - Laurels from Black Women in Comedy Film Festival 2022]()
Black Women in Comedy Film Festival 2022 (Los Angeles, 🇺🇸)
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![Don't Text Your Ex by Jo Gustin - Laurels from Merlinka Festival International Queer Film 2022]()
Merlinka Festival International Queer Film 2022 (Belgrade, 🇷🇸)
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![Don't Text Your Ex by Jo Gustin - Laurels from The Fabulous Independent Film Festival 2022]()
The Fabulous Independent Film Festival 2022 (Sarasota, FL🇺🇸)
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![Don't Text Your Ex by Jo Gustin - Laurels from Cinema Systers 2022]()
Cinema Systers Film Festival 2022 (Paducah, KY🇺🇸)
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![Don't Text Your Ex by Jo Gustin - Laurels from 7th Siding Festival of Film 2022]()
7th Siding Festival of Film 2022 (Creston, BC🇨🇦)
