title: Lavender (2019 film)
text: # Lavender (2019 film)
  
  Lavender is a 2019 short LGBT romantic drama film, written and directed by Matthew Puccini. It premiered at the 2019 Sundance Film Festival, where it was then acquired by Fox Searchlight Pictures for an Academy Award-qualifying theatrical run, attaching it to select screenings of The Aftermath.
  
  The film then went on to play at the 2019 SXSW Festival, Palm Springs International ShortFest, Outfest Los Angeles, New Orleans Film Festival, NFFTY and the Provincetown International Film Festival, where it won the Here Media Award for Best Queer Short Film.
  
  ## Premise
  
  What started off as a casual hookup has quickly escalated into something far more intimate, leaving Andy to navigate Arthur and Lucas' dreamy lifestyle and marriage.
  
  ## Cast
  
  * Michael Urie as Arthur
  * Michael Hsu Rosen as Andy
  * Ken Barnett as Lucas
  * Christopher Schaap as Boyfriend
  