Dancer by Day, Sugar Baby by Night | Side Hustle Short Film

Interweaving fiction with documentary testimony of sugar babies and sex workers, Side Hustle follows a young dancer making rent with the financial support of her sugar daddy. 🎬 SUBMIT YOUR FILM ➔ https://shortverse.com/submit Side Hustle Dir. Abby Harri https://www.abbyharri.com/ "Male attention feels like the most abundant resource in the world," confides one of the interviewees in Abby Harri’s compelling short film Side Hustle . Set within the world of sugar babies, Harri crafts a layered portrait of a young dancer who turns to ‘paid intimacy’ to support her artistic ambitions. Blending real-life testimonies with fiction, the film becomes a quiet, introspective meditation on intimacy, offering insight into the widespread nature of this kind of sex work. It challenges our assumptions, revealing how that seemingly endless supply of “male attention” remains a form of currency for countless people across the globe. - S/W Curator, Rob Munday FULL REVIEW: https://www.shortoftheweek.com/2025/0... CREDITS CAST: Eden Sean Edward Lewis CREW: Writer/Director: Abby Harri Producer: Maggie Ambrose, Abby Harri Executive Producer: Jane Schoenbrun Co-Producers: Michelle Peralta, Mackenzie Berkman Director of Photography: Shannon Palmer Edited By: Max Bowens Production Designer: Eli Kleinsmith First Assistant Camera: Nicole Lehrman Gaffer: Prannoy Jacob Sound Mixer & Boom Operator: Darius Green Art Director: Sam Kann Colorist: Ben Federman Sound Editor: Eli Cohn Title Design: Mila Matveeva Reproduced on this channel with the permission of the filmmakers.