Three adolescent queer friends become enraptured in the Toronto nightlife scene over
a formative summer break before a missing person pulls them back to the reality they
had chosen to leave behind.
Joseph Amenta - Filmmaker. “Soft.” Accessed May 13, 2025. https://www.josephamenta.com/work/american-portraiture-grfg4.
Soft provides an organic look into a tumultuous preteen experience. It starts out
as a fantastical and free-spirited journey of three queer best friends who are destined
to take over the summer. However, their plans of adventure quickly go awry as they
become enthused by the Toronto nightlife scene, and a quick turn of events leads to
the caregiver of one of the tweens to go missing. As a coming-of-age film, Soft reminds
us that while youth is glowing, beautiful, and curious, no one of any age is exempt
from confronting the woes of family dynamics, friendship, security, identity, and
morality.
Anto Astudillo. “TRANSlations 2023 Program Guide.” 2023. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5a86d494b1ffb6251b62962f/t/6454a8e0dde55e0c33e5039a/1683269871243/TRANSlations+2023+Program+Guide+copy.pdf.
