Louder Than Words
Dowansingh’s debut short film, Louder Than Words, follows a young musician named Ansel (Luke Farley), and his unexpected encounter with Niall (Marty Lauter also known as Marcia Marcia Marcia from Season 15 of RuPaul’s Drag Race), an endearing, deaf dancer. When a scheduling mix-up forces the two artists to share a studio space, Ansel and Niall find themselves awkwardly beside each other, performing song and dance respectively. As the rehearsals carry on, each finds himself developing a closeted interest and admiration for the other.
While Niall can read lips, an obvious language barrier still stands between him and Ansel. In order to communicate, Ansel and Niall must each step out of their comfort zone, because even though they share similar passions and quickly inspire each other, the risk of miscommunication—both in language and in emotion—remains, rendering their hidden affection challenging to express.
AWARDS + PRESS
Louder Than Words has amassed almost 2 million views on Youtube alone and has screened internationally at the Cheroscope Film Festival in Barcelona, Spain (November, 2017). It also screened at the oldest running LGBTQ film festival, The Boston LGBT Film Festival, also known as the Wicked Queer Film Festival (March-April, 2018). That same year, the ShanghaiPRIDE Film Festival selected Louder Than Words for its International Shorts Program. Evolving from an LGBTQ film screening night at a time when PRIDE was illegal in Shanghai, to a full-blown festival that supports emerging Chinese filmmakers while bringing cutting-edge international queer cinema to Shanghai, it was an honor for Louder Than Words to be selected for this event. It was also selected for the Shibuya Diversity Program at Japan’s Academy Awards®-accredited Short Shorts Film Festival & Asia. In addition, Louder Than Words was an official selection at Independent Film Festival Boston’s 2018 Shorts Program. Thanks to its positive reception at IFFBoston, it was added to the Massachusetts Production Coalition’s annual shorts screening. Continuing its film festival run, Louder Than Words was awarded as a semi-finalist at the The Jelly Film Festival in Los Angeles.
Louder Than Words was picked up by LGTBQIA+ streaming service Dekkoo. Julio sat down with Dekkoo to do a Q&A about Louder Than Words here.
Family Affair is a short, queer comedy about secrets, friendships, and of course, family! Tanner is a high school senior who seems to have everything going for him. He’s smart, athletic, and popular -- but there’s something (or rather someone) he has to hide from his mother.
Starring Bear D'Angelo, Dan Domingues, and Donna Vivino.
Director: Julio Dowansingh
Writer/Executive Producer: Ernest Anemone
Producer: Kyle Burt
Director of Photography: Emily O'Leary
The Beast with a Thousand Faces (2017)
Directed by Jacob Mittlestadt-Raab
Starring: Danielle Leigh Zappi & Ernest Anemone
Executive Produced by Julio Dowansingh
Unit Production Managed by Julio Dowansingh
Music Videos
Directed by Julio Dowansingh
TELEVISION
Working alongside the Cooking Channel and Authentic Entertainment to help produce the revival of The Best Thing I Ever Ate! in New York City. Here is a clip of Celebrity Chef Carla Hall raving about the Shouk Burger on The Best Thing I Ever Ate!
Commercial
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Line Producer / Unit Production Manager