LESSON #8

Alberto Ferreras | USA, Venezuela, Spain | 2019 | Fiction | 5min

SYNOPSIS

A gay app hookup takes an unexpected turn, proving the best laid plans won’t get you laid as you planned.

ESPAÑOL

Una aplicación gay de citas toma un giro inesperado, demostrando que los encuentros sexuales no siempre salen como se planean.

 

 

DIRECTOR BIO

Alberto Ferreras was born in Madrid, raised in Caracas and currently lives in New York. He is a writer, filmmaker, and content creator known for HBO’s Habla documentary series, and the theatrical piece My Audition for Almodóvar. Moreover, he even was the translator of Madonna’s “Lo que siente la mujer” (“What It Feels Like for a Girl”, in English). He is the author of B as in Beauty, an award-winning novel that has left a lasting impact on the audience. The narrative has been described as “perfectly witty, funny, and truly engaging”. B as in Beauty won the International Latino Book Award for fiction, and has been published in Spain, Italy and the U.S. Ferreras’ cinematographic projects have been presented at the International Berlin Film Festival and the British Film Institute.

ESPAÑOL
Alberto Ferreras nació en Madrid, creció en Caracas y reside en Nueva York. Escritor, cineasta y artista de performance, es el creador y director de la aclamada serie Habla para HBO y de la pieza teatral My Audition for Almodóvar, y traductor del tema Lo que siente la mujer para Madonna. Su trabajo como cineasta ha sido presentado en el Festival de Berlín y en el British Film Institute. Ha sido orador invitado en el Smithsonian Institute, en Washington D.C., y en las prestigiosas universidades de Dartmouth (New Hampshire) y Wellesley (Massachusetts).