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“Matthew Fifer’s sexy debut feature examines buried traumas, cultural divides and religious stigma with dark humor and tender introspection&helip;A sexy and searing act of gay self-analysis.”

— Jude Dry,


“Signals the arrival of a thrilling new queer filmmaking voice. It's set to be one of the year's best.”


“[Cicada] could easily become a quiet and contemplative queer classic, like Andrew Haigh’s Weekend or Ira Sachs’s Keep the Lights On

— Alim Kheraj,


“‘Cicada’ is good and tender on feelings, but also on flesh and bodies…[with] unaffected, spontaneous demonstrations of human connection, hostility and erotic desire.”

— Guy Lodge,


“The film effectively shows what it’s like to hold onto trauma and how easy it is to let it fester.”

— David Oliver,


“Evocative…Compelling.”

— Stephen Saito,


“It would be easy to describe Cicada as a romance about an interracial relationship, but boiling this evocative directorial debut down to that one aspect feels severely limiting.”

— Michael Cuby,


“It's sexy, honest, and moving.”

— Joey Moser,


“Reminiscnt of intimate queer romances like Weekend.”


“Beautifully explores the messy, nonlinear process of healing.”

— Angela Morrison,


Cicada
2020 | USA | 94 min
ABOUT THE FILM

LONG SYNOPSIS

After a string of unsuccessful and awkward encounters with women, Ben goes “back on the dick.” CICADA follows Ben, a young bisexual man, as he comes out to the world and develops an intense relationship with Sam, a man of color struggling with deep wounds of his own. As the summer progresses and their intimacy grows, Ben’s past crawls to the surface.


Director Matthew Fifer

Co-Director Kieran Mulcare

Writer Matthew Fifer
Additional Story Inspired by Sheldon Brown

Producers Jeremy Truong, Ramfis Myrthil

Associate Producer Adam Peryer

Editors Kyle Sims, Matthew Fifer

Cinematographer Eric Schleicher

Production Designer Chris Weihart

Sound Gisela Fulla-Silvestre, Ben Kruse

Music Gil Talmi

Cast Matthew Fifer, Sheldon Brown, Sandra Bauleo, Jazmin Grimaldi, Cobie Smulders, Scott Adsit, Michael Potts, David Burtka, Jo Firestone, Jason “Freckle” Greene


FESTIVALS
2020: BFI London International, Outfest, Frameline

AVAILABLE TERRITORIES
The World

EXHIBITION FORMATS
DCP, Blu-Ray, Digital Download


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