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Meet Joseph Amenta (@josephtakesphotos), the director of “Soft”, an LGBTQ2S+ coming-of-age drama showing next week as part of the Vancouver International Film Festival (@viffest) 🎥 Joseph Amenta is a genderqueer filmmaker based in Toronto who focuses on post-genre stories immersed in the underbelly and subcultures of the LGBTQ community. They have produced, written, and directed short films that have been screened at international festivals and broadcast across Canada, Europe, and Africa. Their short Haus (2018) was selected for the International Competition at the 2019 Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival, and their next short Flood (2019) premiered at Toronto International Film Festival. They received the Toronto Screenwriting Conference Breakthrough Artist Award for their script for "Soft". “Soft” is playing in theatres as part of the festival on September 30th and October 2nd, and from October 3rd to 9th online through VIFF Connect. Check out our prior post to see a clip from the movie, and hit the link in bio to purchase tickets now 🎟