Product Details

• Actors: JT Tepnapa, Travis Micheal Holder, Adam Browne, Brandon Larcom, Rebecca Wood
• Directors: JT Tepnapa
• Producers: JT Tepnapa, Charles Gage, Bill Warren, Rob Caves
• Format: Color, Director's Cut
• Region: All Regions
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: Blue Seraph Productions
• Run Time: 80 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B001OM2HAO
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #257,986 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

We're very excited to be offering you this special collection of short films by the award-winning filmmaker JT Tepnapa whose smash-hit feature debut film Judas Kiss stars Charlie David and Sean Paul Lockhart (aka Brent Corrigan)

Sunflowers

An original director's cut never before seen. With non-linear story telling, the film includes ten extra minutes of original footage. A first from the Tepnapa Team, Sunflower tells the story of Devon and his new beau learning the lessons of relationships through communication, intimacy, quarrels, and forgiveness. Sunflower a delightful movie about growing up.

Masturbation: Putting the Fun into Self-Loving

Winner of seven awards including Planet Out's Best Comedy award. Dr. Sigmund Winston, along with the help of his trusty sidekick Billy, teaches the students of the '50s how to put more excitement into self-loving. Boys from the local YMCA and visual aids give the audience a simple step-by-step approach to loving themselves.

Drag Queen Heist

A delightful comedy about the robbing adventures of Bobby and Jared. Jared comes up with an infallible plan to rob the 2nd Fidelity Bank as women. Regrettably Jared's boyfriend and co-conspirator, Bobby, is anything but infallible. Watch this heist unravel like a cheap weave!

Begging for Change

Two universes unfold from a coin toss, leading a homeless teen on parallel paths of redemption and desperation. Will either path take him home?

BONUS SHORT: And The Award Goes to...

Another parody looking into the life of the filmmaker and festival hit, Masturbation: Putting the Fun into Self-loving.

In this parody, J.T. Tepnapa is nominated for Best Short Film on Hollywood's biggest night. But behind the "thank yous" and lies on stage, hides the true Hollywood story. How do movies really get made?

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Totally entertaining and highly recommended!, December 30, 2008

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R. Pike "rickmalemodel" (Maryland, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Begging for Shorts (DVD)

I purchased BEGGING FOR SHORTS because I had seen some of director J.T. Tepnapa's short films and other work at various GLBT film festivals in the United States. This DVD compiles four of his award-winning short films (plus one new one) into one DVD (it's a great value!). Here are my little capsule reviews of each, to give you an idea of what is on this amazing DVD:

"Sunflowers" is a tender and beautiful short film about blossoming young love, and the heartaches that sometimes accompany it. Tepnapa has captured some awkward adolescent emotions spot on, and his cinematograpy is beautiful, too.

"Drag Queen Heist" is... indescribably funny. It's a comedy of errors about two average gay guys who need a change of direction in their lives. So, as anyone might do, they dress up as drag queens to pull off a bank robbery. Needless to say, nothing goes right. Guaranteed to make you laugh. A lot. Tepnapa directs and stars in this one, and it was definitely a crowd favorite at film festivals.

"Masturbation..." is nowhere near as gross as it might sound... and 100 times funnier than you can imagine. Tepnapa has recreated a grainy, health education film from sometime in the 1950's to discuss this important issue. Except this is health education as you've never seen it before. 9 out of 10 doctors agree that this parody is funny as hell.

"Begging for Change" sneaks up on you. Unlike the other films in this collection, which are mostly light-hearted and somewhat comedic, Begging for Change is a serious, well acted, intriguingly presented film that asks "What if..." and shows how changing one simple event in someone's life can make serious, life-altering differences (both good, and bad. Very, very, bad). Tepnapa attempts and successfully achieves a dramatic sense of seriousness, urgency, and interrelatedness with this film. He delivers it in a style that speaks much about the depth of his abilities as a young director. You will watch this one several times.

"And the Award Goes To..." is an amusing parody of the success Tepnapa received with the successes and critical acclaim of his short films on the GLBT film festival circuit. The film presents a fictional night at some Academy Award-like Hollywood event where Tepnapa is up for the best film award for his well-received "Masturbation" film. On a second layer, Tepnapa also makes some humorous but harsh commentary on what it takes to make it as a struggling independent film producer in Hollywood. The "other films" up for awards, and the clips shown to the audience from them, are disastrously funny, too. You'll laugh, you'll cry, you'll love it.

I am so glad I found this DVD. I'm going to show it to everyone! And hopefully they will purchase their own copy to show to their friends. I look forward to seeing more of Tepnapa's work (I saw on IMDb that he is currently working on a full-length feature film called "Judas Kiss." Based on what I see on this DVD, I will be first in line for his next film!

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Movie!, December 30, 2008

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Carla S. Franklin "afropuffed1" (Los Angeles) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Begging for Shorts (DVD)

This is the best collection of shorts I have ever seen! What a talented team!

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Fun, Hillarious, and a Little Touching, December 31, 2008

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Brice A. Laris (West Jordan, UT) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Begging for Shorts (DVD)

Unlike other gay short DVDs that tell the same story 5 different ways, this DVD tells 5 great, unique stories that make you laugh, think, and sometimes cry. "Masterbation" is a great party short that I have shown many times. "Sunflowers" reminds you of the first time you fell in love. "Begging for Change" makes you think, and look at the people you pass on the street a little bit differently. I could go on and on, but you really need to buy this video to see what I'm talking about. It will be well worth the purchase price. Plus, your supporting independent film making, fight the power! :)