Sal Bardo wrote “Requited” out of his frustration with queer narratives. The indie festival favorite hits YouTube this month to mark its 10th anniversary.
is honoring the 10th anniversary of his debut short film, “Requited,” by releasing it online for the first time.
Unveiled on YouTube last week, the 2010 film follows Nicolas , a 20-something gay New Yorker debating whether or not to attend the wedding of a high school friend, Aaron , for whom he has been suppressing feelings. If he goes to the ceremony, however, he’ll miss saying goodbye to his current lover, Gregor , who is moving to San Francisco.
Based in Los Angeles, Bardo told HuffPost he wrote “Requited” out of frustrations with the quality of LGBTQ narratives he was seeing in Hollywood at the time. “I wanted to write something for myself that depicted characters and stories I could relate to,” he said. Having based the story loosely on a real-life friendship he’d had as a young adult, he added, “It’s definitely a snapshot in time. Looking back, the film feels very cynical. I think maybe I’m a tiny bit less cynical now!”
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