Descriptions:
JERK is a psychosexual thriller about a reclusive graduate student who has fallen into a pattern of disassociation and chronic masturbation.
During the course of his routines he begins to encounter a woman who resembles a familiar figure from an online adult video. Initially shocked by this revelation, he becomes transfixed by the potential implications.
Directed and Edited by Brendan Prost
Starring Aaron Turner, Mari-Anne Pettersen, Doug Dunn, and Tristan Morris
Produced with Simon Fraser University School for the Contemporary ArtsShort film
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