Gender Reveal is a Canadian short comedy horror film, written and directed by Mo Matton and released in 2024.Sophie Bernard, "« Gender Reveal » : Mo Matton réalise un film queer {gore} d’une grande drôlerie". Qui Fait Quoi, October 8, 2024. The film stars Ayo Tsalithaba as Rhys, a non-binary and polyamorous people pleaser who reluctantly brings their partners Ting (Ke Xin Li) and Mati (Lyraël Alex Dauphin) to the gender reveal party of their boss Marc (Alexandre Bacon) and his pregnant wife Chloe (Lauren Beatty), only to witness events at the party spiral horrifically out of control.Mike Cohen, "Trans filmmaker Mo Matton unveils new short film called Gender Reveal". The Suburban, July 10, 2024.
The film premiered in the Leopard of Tomorrow (Pardi di Domani) program at the 77th Locarno Film Festival,"GENDER REVEAL de Mo Matton en première mondiale au Festival international du film de Locarno". CTVM, July 10, 2024. and had its Canadian premiere at the 2024 Toronto International Film Festival.Samantha Bergeson, "TIFF 2024 Primetime Lineup Includes World Premiere of Tomas Alfredson’s ‘Faithless’ Series Adaptation". IndieWire, August 9, 2024.
Later screenings included the 2024 Festival du nouveau cinéma, where it won the Public Prize as the most popular short film in the national short film competition."Le FNC dévoile son palmarès". CTVM, October 21, 2024.
Awards The film received a Canadian Screen Award nomination for Best Live Action Short Drama, and Tsalithaba was nominated for Best Performance in a Live Action Short Drama, at the 13th Canadian Screen Awards in 2025.Canadian Screen Awards: Film Nominations. Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television, March 26, 2025. It received two Quebec Cinema Award nominations at the 27th Quebec Cinema Awards, for Best Live Action Short Film and Most Successful Short Film Outside Quebec."Québec Cinéma dévoile les finalistes aux Prix IRIS 2025". CTVM, October 8, 2025.
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