Cameron Kostopoulos
My work:
A Mother's Soliloquy
Creator: Cameron Kostopoulos
A recovering alcoholic must make a moral inventory in order to reconnect with her estranged son. "A Mother's Soliloquy" is an experimental short film revolving around the cyclical nature of addiction, recovery, and relapse, exploring the inner psyche of addiction, and those on the road to recovery.
Elastic
Creator: Cameron Kostopoulos
Growing up in the Baptist Church, I was forced to hide my sexuality, even from myself, until I left Texas for good. "I might be sexually attracted to men, but I'd never date one," a lie I would naively tell myself. "I'm not gay." I wore a rubber band around my wrist, and whenever lust entered my brain, I would snap it, as my own hopes of self-conversion ran thin. When I was eventually outed to my parents, and cut out of their lives, I decided to make a film about the experience of growing up gay in the Church.
Heartbeats
Creator: Cameron Kostopoulos
Raised in the American South, I was taught not to explore my sexuality, and was taunted for being too feminine. I was forced to go to church, where the pastor would drop the f-word and condemn homosexuality. I felt as though I was living life as a puppet, forced to move in a way that satisfied someone else, to behave in a manner dictated by a strict societal code, and to think in a way that aligned with the greater religious atmosphere of my hometown. In "Heartbeats", at the stroke of midnight, this puppet awakes.