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Deviant
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Directed by	Benjamin Howard
Written by	James Hall Benjamin Howard
Produced by	Brian DeGour Benjamin Howard Ricardo Osuna Wally Schlotter Rich Underwood
Starring	Rudy Pankow Mike Burnell Krystina Montemurro Court Rutter
Cinematography	Alex Niknejad
Edited by	James Hall Benjamin Howard
Music by	Tyler Rivera Stein
Distributed by	Omeleto
Release date	June 9, 2018 (2018-06-09)
Running time	10 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$6,500

Deviant is a 2018 drama short film directed by Benjamin Howard and written by Howard and James Hall. The film stars Rudy Pankow, Mike Burnell, Krystina Montemurro and Court Rutter.

Plot

In the 1960s, a sexually conflicted teenager escapes the tortures of electrotherapeutic conversion therapy to find hope and acceptance.

Cast

• Rudy Pankow
• Mike Burnell
• Krystina Montemurro
• Court Rutter

Production

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The project is Howard's undergraduate capstone film made at San Diego State University in the spring of 2017. He said "Deviant takes a young teenager, whose sexual preference comes into direct conflict with his faith and family." In scouting locations for the church, members of the production visited numerous LGBT-friendly churches in the San Diego area. Several turned down the production due to the script's mature themes. The church sequences were eventually filmed at Kensington Community Church, in San Diego.

Release

Deviant premiered on June 9, 2018 at Dances with Films. It went on to screen at Outfest, HollyShorts Film Festival, Cleveland International Film Festival, Nashville Film Festival, GI Film Festival San Diego and San Diego International Film Festival. The film was distributed by Omeleto on April 20, 2020. It has amassed over a quarter-million views since its release online.

Reception

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Before the film's festival premiere, Howard was recognized with an award for Best Directing at San Diego State's Emerging Filmmakers Showcase in the spring semester, 2017. In 2019, Deviant received a Student Emmy Award at the Pacific Southwest Chapter for National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences.

The film received more than 20 awards and nominations over the year and a half it played on the festival circuit, including several for Pankow and Howard, for acting and directing, respectively. Howard used the film as part of his application to UCLA film school, and was admitted into the program in 2018.

Accolades

References

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7. "Nextgen Program 5" (PDF). Nashville Film Festival. 2019-10-06.
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9. Fulcher, Albert (2019-09-13). "3 LGBTQ short films not to miss". LGBTQ San Diego County News. Retrieved 2022-06-15.
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14. ^ Newell, Ena (2019-05-03). "2019 Emmy Award Nominees". National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. Retrieved 2022-06-15.
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17. "2019, 52ND ANNUAL HUMBOLDT INT'L FILM FESTIVAL FILM FESTIVAL WINNERS". Archived from the original on June 29, 2021. Retrieved 2022-03-09.

External links

• Deviant at IMDb 
• Deviant at Letterboxd
• Deviant on YouTube

• 2018 films
• 2018 short films
• American drama short films
• Films shot in San Diego
• Films set in San Diego
• American LGBTQ-related short films
• American teen LGBTQ-related films
• 2010s historical drama films
• 2010s LGBTQ-related drama films
• 2018 drama films
• Films set in the 1960s
• Films about LGBTQ and religion
• 2010s English-language films
• 2010s American films
• Films about juvenile sexuality
• 2010s teen drama films
• American teen drama films
• Films about conversion therapy
• Films released on YouTube
• Films produced by Wally Schlotter
• Films directed by Benjamin Howard
• 2018 LGBTQ-related films
• English-language historical drama films
• English-language drama short films