'If It Exists, There's Porn of It': Enter the World of Erotic Fan Fiction with SLASH

In a world where teenagers turn to the internet to explore their sexuality, director Clay Liford plants us squarely into the lives of young erotic fan fiction writers.

The SXSW 2016 premiere Slash follows two high school outsiders (Michael Johnston and Hannah Marks) as they bond over their mutual hobby: slash fiction, a genre of fan fiction centered around sexual relationships between fictional characters. Through this lens, director Clay Liford explores the complexities of making friends over the internet and coming into one's own as an adult.

Expanding from his 2013 short film about Harry Potter erotica, Liford invents a new universe of fan fiction as the backdrop for his third feature film.

No Film School talked to Clay at SXSW about stitching together locations, why there's no such thing as over-preparing, and his advice for navigating film festivals.

"I always like to test ideas in a short film form because — especially if it's a more 'out there' idea — you can translate what's mostly an internal process externally."

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