Filmed guerilla style, this dark comedy shows that there is nothing easy about being a prostitute. Audience pick in the Filmaka contest.

Directors: Gabriel Balanovsky, Ginger Gentile & Synes Elischka
Producer: Gabriel Balanovsky
Cast: Luis Aponte, Natalia Fernandez Acquier
Specs: 3 min/HD/2010

Winner of popular vote in the first round of the “Hard Times” Contest hosted by www.filmaka.com

We always hated those movies that show hookers with a “heart of gold” or as suffering victims, so we decided to break these stereotypes by focusing on the hunger and desperation of these working girls—but with a comic twist. We filmed this short a few hours with all natural light but it won the popular vote in part one of “Hard Times” contest hosted by www.filmaka.com. We went on to film a bigger budget short that won first place in the second round, and are currently developing a feature film and a television series based on the idea.