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Mark Pariselli

Mark Pariselli

Directing

Biography

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

Known For

Blue Briefs
3.4

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 IN-BETWEEN (directed by Alain Hain) and FROZEN ROADS (directed by Mark Pariselli).

Blue Briefs

2012
Frozen Roads
3.0

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.

Frozen Roads

2012
After
3.5

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

After

2009
Kiss
N/A

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 in certain countries.

Kiss

2012
Family
N/A

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

Family

2020
Monster Mash
N/A

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.

Monster Mash

2014
Fest Selects: Best Gay Shorts, Vol. 1
6.0

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 STEAM. Whether inspired by a poem about teenage longing or a melange of interviews with gay men in New York, the shorts collected here share one thing in common: they were among the crowd favorites at film festivals across the country.

Fest Selects: Best Gay Shorts, Vol. 1

2011