Ryan Craver, Writer/Director 

Sloan Grant(s) Received: 2019, Production Award, Columbia University 

Project Type: Short Film 

Genre: Drama 

Length: 27 minutes 

Field of Science: Biology 

Stage: Post-Production 

Synopsis 

When a closeted middle-schooler befriends the attractive new kid on an overnight ecology field trip, he’s forced to confront his queer identity, his relationship to his male anatomy, and his uncomfortable niche in the ecosystem known as eighth grade.