After receiving a hickey from his boyfriend, a closeted teen must hide it from his hyper-masculine best friend as they enter a cat and mouse game through their abandoned high school.


Lighthead was nominated for Best Cinematography at the 2023 Chilliwack Independent Film Festival. It has screened at the Chicago CineYouth International Film Festival, the Seattle National Film Festival for Talented Youth and the Concordia Film Festival.

Cast & Crew:

Writer/Director: Kit Baronas

Producer: Kirc Cohen

Director of Photography: Pietro Russolo
Editor: Kirc Cohen

Assistant Editor: Kup Xin Guan

Talent: Cale Ambrozic, Anthony Dionne and Kit Baronas

Makeup Artist: Tasheal Gill 

Production Designer: Cheyanne See

Art Director: Jack Mosher, Betsy Sun

1st Assistant Director: Chan Kyu Park

Script Supervisor: Emmi Tsiapalis

1st Assistant Camera: Brennen Little

2nd Assistant Camera: Mohammad Reza Zakizadeh

Sound Mixer: Ethan Volberg

Gaffer: Justin Macken

Key Grip: Juliette Leach

Grip/LX: Gabriel Marcus

DIT: Kup Xin Guan

Craft Services: Tyler Wu, Simran Dhinjal

BTS Photographer: Tasheal Gill

Technical Specifications

Runtime | 12 minutes and 22 seconds

Camera | Arri Alexa Mini

Aspect ratio | 4:3

Language | English

Year of Production | 2022