Yannis, a first-generation Greek/Lebanese Australian teenager has been rejected by his family for being gay and now lives under a bridge, working the local beats as a sex-worker. Omar, his best friend, once in the same situation as Yannis, is now determined to better his life and begins to pull away. A portrait of culture, sexuality and isolation asks; where do we find refuge when the world seems to have forgotten us?
When Robert's best friend tricks him into an evening of speed dating, he doesn't expect to run into Brian, who ghosted him six months prior after an unforgettable 24 hours together. Questioning his worth in the gay dating scene and convinced there is something wrong with him, Robert sits through an evening of uncomfortable speed dates, anxiously waiting for his moment to understand why Brian never called.
Bad Ancestors is a Fresh Blood project by Wendy Mocke, Rizcel Gagawanan, Jessica Magro and Vanilla Tupu. Fresh Blood is an Australian television comedy anthology series that began airing in May 2016 on ABC. The comedies screened in the series are seen as possible pilots for a full TV series.
