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Gorditx
Synopsis
The year is 1998. For chubby nine-year-old Ursula Garcia, playing dead seems like the easier option at EverGreen Country Club summer camp. There, she’s either bullied or ignored for being the only kid whose father is a server at the high-end club. When she’s not pretending to drown at the luxury pool, she escapes into a kung-fu dream world where she victoriously kicks ass.
After a run-in with Cormac, the former EverGreen ladies’ golf pro and current disgruntled transmasculine chef, Ursula sees a chance to kick some ass in the real world at the kids’ golf tournament. Problem is, Chef Cormac has no interest in being her sensei and Ursula has no interest in golf.
Both outcasts at the club, Ursula and Cormac form an unlikely friendship and together they *almost* win first place, despite Ursula’s unorthodox golfing techniques. And though she may never fit in with the other kids, Ursula learns that maybe that’s a good thing.
Director: Malik Ever
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Malik Ever (they/them) is a trans/nonbinary and first generation Algerian artist. Originanating in the theatre “A heart-wrenching and hilarious physical theatre performer, director and deviser” (Phindie) Malik’s theatrical work has been seen across the U.S. at multiple festivals. They have received a LeeWay Art for Change Grant (The Queer Ghost Project) and an Irish Arts and Culture Grant (The Toilet Opera). In 2018, Mal made the transition to film with their first short, This Could Be the Place (Scribe Philly) After instantly falling in love they decided to apply to AFI’s directing program and received admission. Collaboration is the touchstone of the work they make which features and centers the voices and bodies of trans/enby, queer, disabled and BIPOC people. Mal gravitates towards stories of whimsy, comedic grief, absurdity and truth. Exploring themes of friendship, family (bio or chosen) outsiderness and loneliness. They hold an associate’s degree in acting from Montgomery College and a BA in Theatre Studies from Ithaca College.
United States · 2022 · 14´ · English · SUB Spanish
Director · Dirección
Malik Ever
Screenplay · Guion
Elizabeth T. Vazquez
Cinematography · Fotografía
Mallory Grossman
Music · Música
Ren Hsu
Production design · Director de arte
Patricia Witt
Editor · Edición
Stanley Joseph
Producer · Productor
Gus Murray
Cast · Intérpretes
Ursula – Mila Ibarra
Cormac – River Butcher
Chet – Levi Bernhardt
Logan – Shane Best
Racquel – Violet Raine McMahan
Ashley – Hannah Kat Jones
Shannon – Alice California Siders
Carly – Skyler Elyse Philpot
Tanner – Aiden Arnold
Roberto – Moises Chavez
Lourdes – Gabriela Coro
Contact · Contacto
Gus Murray – (310) 892-3456, Gmurray4@afi.edu