Punch Me is a 2011 short film drama about a young man who must embrace his identity or risk losing the two people he loves most. The film examines important messages regarding self, parental and societal acceptance as well as love and health awareness. The film has played in several film festivals throughout 2011, winning and being nominated for multiple awards.

Cast

• Robert X. Golphin
  Robert X. Golphin
  Robert X. Golphin is an American actor, award-winning filmmaker/screenwriter, author, orator/motivational speaker and journalist from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He is perhaps best known for his portrayals of Dunbar Reed in the 2007 film The Great Debaters and Son in the 2011 short film Punch...
  
   as Son
• Brian Anthony Wilson
  Brian Anthony Wilson
  Brian Anthony Wilson is an American film and television actor. He first appeared in the 1997 film The Postman as Woody....
  
   as Father
• Elwood Idris Simon as Boyfriend

Awards

Year	Festival	Award	Category	Result
2011	Philafilm: Philadelphia International Film Festival & Market	Silver Award	Best Short Subject
2011	Black Maria Film + Video Festival & Tour	Jury's Citation	2nd Prize
2011	Love Unlimited Film Festival and Art Exhibition	Award	Honorable Mention
2011	QBC: Queer Black Cinema	Award	Honorable Mention
2011	Atlantic City CineFest	Best Drama, Short	(15 Minutes or Less)
2011	Atlantic City CineFest	Best Actor (Robert X. Golphin)	In A Short
2011	FilmOut San Diego	No Award; Special Distinction	Best of LGBT Shorts

Festival releases

Year	Festival	Location
2011	Marlon Riggs Film Festival	Dallas, Texas
2011	Atlantic City CineFest	Atlantic City, New Jersey
2011	Pink Sheep Film Festival	Wilmington, North Carolina
2011	St. Louis Black Pride	St. Louis, Missouri
2011	Edgemar Short Film Festival	Los Angeles, California
2011	Philafilm: Philadelphia International Film Festival & Market	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
2011	Black Hollywood Education and Resource Center's 18th Annual African-American Film Marketplace and S.E. Manly Short Film Showcase	Los Angeles, California
2011	Black Maria Film + Video Festival And Tour	TBA Locations
2011	QBC (Queer Black Cinema) Film Festival	Brooklyn, New York
2011	Triangle Black Pride Expo & Film Festival	Raleigh, North Carolina
2011	Philadelphia QFest	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
2011	NC Black Film Festival	Wilmington, North Carolina
2011	Love Unlimited Film Festival and Art Exhibition	Venice Beach, California
2011	Riverside International Film Festival	Riverside, California
2011	Louisville LGBT Film Festival	Louisville, Kentucky
2011	Bebashi: Transition To Hope	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
2011	Nashville Black Pride LGBT Film and Cultural Fest	Nashville, Tennessee
2011	Philadelphia Black Gay Pride Midnight Movie Madness	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
2011	FilmOut San Diego LGBT Film Festival	San Diego, California
2011	SF2: SAG Foundation's Short Film Showcase	New York, NY
2011	Sizzle Miami	Miami, Florida
2010	Reelblack Presents (Sneak Preview)	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
2010	Attic Youth Center (Sneak Preview)	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania