April 26, 2026 at 1:15:00 AM
AFS Cinema
Fucktoys
USA | Narrative Feature
2025 | 106 mins | English
Live Q&A with writer-director-actor Annapurna Sriram and producer Timothy Petryni
Preceeded by the short films Squat N Stool and Burnt Orange
SXSW Film Festival - Special Jury Award
NewFest: New York LGBTQ+ Film Festival - Grand Jury Prize
Nashville Film Festival - Grand Jury Prize
Part-time sex worker, full-time chaos magnet, AP is convinced that the universe has it out for her… and she might be right. In this wild, unfiltered debut from writer/director/star Annapurna Sriram — AP seeks a cosmic reset after a tarot reader floating in a swamp tells her she needs $1,000 and a sacrificial lamb
to lift her curse. Armed with neither, she meets up with her long-lost kindred spirit Danni, and together the two moped off on a bizarre quest through Trashtown USA — a dystopian, neon-drenched sprawl of strip clubs and urban decay, stocked with a series of assorted oddballs, Tom of Finland cops, and some all-too-familiar type clients. Fucktoys is rude, crude, unhinged, girlypop middle finger to filmic convention, and a comedic calling card for anyone who finds themself asking the question: am I cursed???

Restoration Process
About the Artist

Annapurna Sriram is an emerging horse girl from Nashville, TN. She holds a BFA in Acting from Rutgers’ Mason Gross. Her most cherished previous work includes Jesse Eisenberg’s The Spoils, Wallace Shawn’s Evening at the Talkhouse, and the feature film Feral. She is an aficionado of fetish, fantasy, and foreplay. Fucktoys is her directorial debut.

Trailer
For English subtitles, make sure to turn on the YouTube closed captions.
Credits
Director:
Annapurna Sriram
Writer:
Annapurna Sriram
Producer(s):
Timothy Petryni
Film Editor:
Lilly Wild
Grason Caldwell
Annapurna Sriram
Sadie Scott
Francois Arnaud
Big Freedia
Brandon Flynn
Damian Young
This program was made possible in part with a grant from Humanities Texas, the state affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities.





