‘Snowfall’ Alum Emily Rios Among Names Set For Indie Feature ‘The Queerdos’
EXCLUSIVE: Emily Rios, Michelle Farrah Huang, Verton Banks, Nicholas Olbina, and Savannah Schoenecker have signed on to star in the LGBTQ+ independent feature The Queerdos.
The film will be distributed internationally by The Open Reel. The Queerdos marks the feature film debut of writer and executive producer Sandra Grace, alongside director Jenifer Yeuroukis.
Stanley Yung and Alan Chu will produce. The Open Reel is handling international sales.
Set in contemporary Los Angeles, The Queerdos is described as a female-driven queer comedy centered on a quirky, struggling delivery driver (Schoenecker) who inherits a rundown Hollywood Hills home. Faced with raising $50,000 to keep it, she rents out every room to an eclectic group of queer misfits—all while navigating unexpected romance, viral fame, and the shadow of a past child star legacy.
“As a proud Queerdo, nothing makes me happier than to help tell this beautifully human story, for us and by us, but also for anyone who wants to laugh,” said Rios, who will serve as an executive producer and play the romantic lead Ava.
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Principal photography on The Queerdos begins this month and marks the first feature production from Dogma LA 25, an independent filmmaking movement founded by a group of independent filmmakers including Alan Chu, Quentin Lee and Jenifer Yeuroukis.
