Awards

  • Film Invastion LA: Outstanding Cast Performance, Outstanding Screenplay, Outstanding Director (Filmmakers Award); Best Arthouse Short Film (Grand Jury Award)
  • Oakland Short Film Festival: Best Comedy Short
  • FilmQuest: Best Midnight Short (Nominated)

Official Selection

  • Nevada City Film Festival
  • FilmQuest
  • Oakland Short Film Festival
  • Film Invastion LA
  • Popcorn Frights

Wesley Loses His Penis happens to be about a man who loses his penis…

Fueled by self-hatred and writer’s block, Wesley indulges in a shameful act and finds himself in an Alice-in-Wonderland of humiliations headed by a supernatural ram.

Director’s Statement

Wesley was born of my strife as a writer to finish a project for the life of me, I couldn’t. The script went through a series of title changes: Game Boy, House, Desk, before arriving at Wesley Loses His Penis. I was living at home during the lockdown and my mental health was at an all time low.

Naturally I got further into spirituality and Eastern philosophy, and I kept coming across this idea of ‘starting again.’ It’s the idea that any past unholy deeds you’ve committed don’t need to define who you are as this version of yourself; it’s why Christians confess, Buddists meditate, and writers drink. 

Because I didn’t have a burning desire to become an alcoholic, I developed a practice of self-forgiveness and as I did my mental health improved. The process was fairly all-consuming, and they say to write about what you know, so I wrote about this. Wesley’s arc toward self-forgiveness mirrors mine, the small difference being his penis is taken away from him by a supernatural ram and (thankfully) that’s never happened to me. 

—Brennan McGee
Writer & Director, Wesley Loses His Penis