

HORSEPOWER (2007)
Screenwriter, Director,
Co-Editor, Actor: Joel Moffett
Short film (17 minutes)
Producer: Greg Hobson
Synopsis: Horsepower is the story of Murray Meadows, middle-aged, closeted man who hides from his life as a straight-laced professional automobile critic by immersing himself in Internet pornography. This works for Murray until Harold, his eccentric gay boss, tries to help. In rejecting Harold’s advances, Murray triggers a bizarre breakdown in his life and in his precious new car. In the end, when all is lost, Murray discovers help from an unlikely source.
Awards:
Best LGBT Short Film
–London Independent Film Festival
Best Short Film
–Kent Film Festival
Best Faculty Short
–George Lindsey UNA Film Festival
Best LGBT Short Film
–Cannes Independent Film Festival
Best Short Film/Buster Keaton
Comedy Award
–Muskegon Film Festival
Best LGBT Short Film
–Toronto Independent Film Festival
Honorable Mention
–Columbus International Film Festival
Festival Screenings:
Hawaii International Film Festival
(World premiere)
Muskegon Film Festival
Kent Film Festival
George Lindsey UNA Film Festival
Washington D.C. Independent
Film Festival
London Independent Film Festival
Kansas City Filmmakers Jubilee
Crossroads Film Festival
Open APPerture Short Film Festival
Cannes Independent Film Festival
Cannes Film Festival Short Film Corner (film market)
Jacksonville Film Festival
Big Island Film Festival
ReelHeART International Film Festival
Parabox Montclair International
Film Festival
Nickel Independent Film Festival
Real to Reel International Film Festival
UFVA Conference
Toronto Independent Film Festival
Moondance International Film Festival
Rivers’ Edge International Film Festival
Dragon*Con Independent Film Festival
Port Townsend Film Festival
New Orleans Film Festival
Columbus International
Film + Video Festival
Reviews
“Horsepower is a delightful short…. Joel Moffett as Murray is a comic gem, especially as his anxiety mounts to a fever pitch, ending in a hilarious breakdown (reminiscent of Jack Lemmon’s performance in 1970’s The Out of Towners).”
– The Washington Blade
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“Horsepower masterfully creates an
Oz-like world that is imaginative and gorgeously made, if extremely perverse”
–The Jackson Press







