Scaring Women at Night

Scaring Women at Night is a Canadian short drama film, directed by Karimah Zakia Issa and released in 2022.[1] The film stars Izaiah Dockery as Ash, a Black transgender man who is walking alone in the dark, but becomes very nervous that Ella (Kavita Musty), a woman also walking alone nearby, may potentially view him as a threat.[2]

Scaring Women at Night
Directed byKarimah Zakia Issa
Written byAce Clamber
Karimah Zakia Issa
Produced byLindsay Blair Goeldner
Rosalind Goodwin
StarringIzaiah Dockery
Kavita Musty
Dashawn Lloyd Blackwood
CinematographyAshley Iris Gill
Edited byNicole Sison
Production
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Common Good
Fae Pictures
Release date
  • September 13, 2022 (2022-09-13) (TIFF)
Running time
11 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguageEnglish

The film premiered in the Short Cuts program at the 2022 Toronto International Film Festival.[3]

Awards

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The film was screened at the 2023 Inside Out Film and Video Festival, where Issa won the Emerging Canadian Artist award.[4]

The film won the 2023 Iris Prize for best LGBTQ-themed short film.[5]

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