Mark Pariselli

Mark Pariselli is a director and writer, known for Necromantic (2016), Fest Selects: Best Gay Shorts, Vol. 1 (2011) and Family (2020).

Frozen Roads (2012)

Balthazar and siblings Christian and Lyla have been friends since childhood. As the trio struggles with coming of age in a rural, conservative Canadian town, they must confront escalating desires for one another that threaten to destroy their delicate bond.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mark Pariselli
CAST:  Kyle Mac  •  Kevin De Carli  •  Carlyn Burchell

Balthazar and siblings Christian and Lyla have been friends since childhood. As the trio struggles with coming of age in a rural, conservative Canadian town, they must confront escalating desires for one another that threaten to destroy their delicate bond.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mark Pariselli
CAST:  Kyle Mac  •  Kevin De Carli  •  Carlyn Burchell

Fest Selects: Best Gay Shorts, Vol. 1 (2011)

Eight gay shorts culled from top film festivals - A cross-section of some of the best recent gay shorts culled from top film festivals including Slamdance, Outfest, Frameline and more. Included are the award-winners BEDFELLOWS, CURIOUS THING, MY NAME IS LOVE, and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Eldar Rapaport  •  Alain Hain  •  Pierre Stefanos  •  Jonathan Lisecki  •  David Färdmar  •  Mark Pariselli  •  Guy Shalem  •  Barry Morse
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Eight gay shorts culled from top film festivals - A cross-section of some of the best recent gay shorts culled from top film festivals including Slamdance, Outfest, Frameline and more. Included are the award-winners BEDFELLOWS, CURIOUS THING, MY NAME IS LOVE, and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Eldar Rapaport  •  Alain Hain  •  Pierre Stefanos  •  Jonathan Lisecki  •  David Färdmar  •  Mark Pariselli  •  Guy Shalem  •  Barry Morse
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Blue Briefs (2012)

A collection of six gay-themed short films about relationships and the pain of love, including: REQUITED (directed by Sal Bardo), BOYS LIKE YOU (directed by Daniel Armando), WE ONCE WERE TIDE (directed by Jason Bradbury), REVOLUTION (directed by Abdi Nazemian), THE ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alain Hain  •  Jason Bradbury  •  Sal Bardo  •  Mark Pariselli  •  Daniel Armando  •  Abdi Nazemian
CAST:  Kyle Mac  •  Mandy Aldridge  •  Daniel Armando  •  Crystal Arnette

A collection of six gay-themed short films about relationships and the pain of love, including: REQUITED (directed by Sal Bardo), BOYS LIKE YOU (directed by Daniel Armando), WE ONCE WERE TIDE (directed by Jason Bradbury), REVOLUTION (directed by Abdi Nazemian), THE ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alain Hain  •  Jason Bradbury  •  Sal Bardo  •  Mark Pariselli  •  Daniel Armando  •  Abdi Nazemian
CAST:  Kyle Mac  •  Mandy Aldridge  •  Daniel Armando  •  Crystal Arnette

After (2009)

Three teenage boys idealize and fantasize about an older teenage football player until they witness his death.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mark Pariselli
CAST:  Cole J. Alvis

Three teenage boys idealize and fantasize about an older teenage football player until they witness his death.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mark Pariselli
CAST:  Cole J. Alvis

Kiss (2012)

An experimental reinterpretation of Andy Warhol's 1963 silent short film of the same name, 'Kiss' recontextualizes his protest against the Hays Code's time restriction of onscreen kissing as an impassioned indictment of laws that prohibit and punish homosexuality ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mark Pariselli
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An experimental reinterpretation of Andy Warhol's 1963 silent short film of the same name, 'Kiss' recontextualizes his protest against the Hays Code's time restriction of onscreen kissing as an impassioned indictment of laws that prohibit and punish homosexuality ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mark Pariselli
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Monster Mash (2014)

This short film tells the story of a Halloween night hookup turning into something more for a pair of morbid misfits costumed as Horror Cinema's most iconic female characters.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mark Pariselli
CAST:  Geoff Stevens  •  Eric Rich

This short film tells the story of a Halloween night hookup turning into something more for a pair of morbid misfits costumed as Horror Cinema's most iconic female characters.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mark Pariselli
CAST:  Geoff Stevens  •  Eric Rich

Family (2020)

An accident on the way to the cottage has horrifying consequences for an interracial queer couple contemplating parenthood.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mark Pariselli
CAST:  Neil Paterson  •  Tarick Glancy  •  Peter Campbell  •  Tracy Woods

An accident on the way to the cottage has horrifying consequences for an interracial queer couple contemplating parenthood.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mark Pariselli
CAST:  Neil Paterson  •  Tarick Glancy  •  Peter Campbell  •  Tracy Woods