Hot Seat
Teenaged Andrea uses a male stripper to gain the respect and admiration of cool girl Daphne. Hot Seat, which is based on a true story, explores coming-of-age sexuality and the complexities of relationships between teen girls.
- USA
- 2017, 13 min
- Director: Anna Kerrigan
- Director of photography: T. J. Williams Jr.
- Editor: Jarrah Gurrie
- Screenplay: Anna Kerrigan
- Cast: Jess Gabor, Byron Quiros, Carmela Zumbado, Carmen Hodgson
- Art Director: Kelly Thomas
- Producer: Ashley Springer, Kati Rediger, Anna Kerrigan
Anna Kerrigan
Anna Kerrigan is a Los Angeles-based filmmaker with a background in independent film, digital storytelling, and theater. Her Gotham-nominated digital series The Impossibilities (2015), a comedy that she wrote and directed, follows the interwoven storylines of a magician and a daffy lesbian yogi. Anna participated in Film Independent's Director and Producers Labs and the Sundance Institute's inaugural YouTube New Voices Lab, and was a 2016 SFFS/KRF Filmmaking Grant Finalist. An accomplished playwright as well, she has developed her theater projects at Second Stage, the Williamstown Theatre Festival, the Ensemble Studio Theater, Naked Angels, and SPACE on Ryder Farm.