River Gallo

diva let’s make some movies 💋 so thrilled for everything that’s to come, can’t wait for yall to see what I’m cooking up. Thank you @foxentstudios 💖

june 27th. giddy up, girls 🐎 @ponyboi_film

poster reveal 🐎 june 27. hard launch. happy pride ❤️‍🔥

moments from when I flew to Florida and accidentally stalked my psychic 🌴🥲

POV: @rivergallo hits you up at 11pm on a random Wednesday night to shoot press photos for an LA Times article. River, you’re a star. Thank you for trusting me. @ahtziribetalml thank you for the last minute assist on hair and makeup - te amo. @paulyem thank you for being a great friend and securing AND mailing me some print copies. I do some really cool things with some amazing people and I need to be better at remembering that. We wanted Jersey, and we got it.

Dazed 100 💫 ty @dazed stay tuned for more xx photo by @greg.alders

Girls, it’s true. I’m directing my very first short film, SUPERFAKE, written and starring @aphroditearmstrong and we need your help!!! SUPERFAKE is a gritty, sun-soaked comedy about a trans woman who discovers her boyfriend, and the designer bag he gave her - might be fake. This film humanizes trans women through humor, with a premise everyone can relate to - the search for something real in a world obsessed with appearances. From moment I met Aphrodite—actually from the moment I watched her self tape for Ponyboi (y’all may remember her as Gina the meth-head girl who ODs lmaooo) I immediately knew THIS IS GIRL IS A STAR. She is quite possibly the funniest person I know and her talent as an actress makes her a legend in the making. It is an honor to be directing my sister’s very first short and make my solo-direct debut in the process. Two girls and one… DREAM 😏 Thanks to @neonrated , @futureoffilmisfemale , and Plattinum Productions, over two thirds of the way to being fully funded - and we’re looking to you to close that gap, and ensure the completion of our film. Your pledges will go to securing locations, a great camera package, post-production, and festival submissions. Our plan is for a three day shoot in January 2026, in Los Angeles. This film means the world to me to be able to continue telling boundary pushing trans stories. So often, trans stories are neglected on screen - a pledge to our campaign is a commitment to making a doll’s dreams come true. The link to our Seed and Spark campaign is in my bio. Every single dollar, share, or view is deeply appreciated from the bottom of my heart. Follow us on insta @superfakefilm and check out our Seed and Spark page for more information about our team including superstar producers @trevorwall2 @constanzacastro @peppermint_pattie @yuqstudios @betti_with_an_i @callafaeria This holiday season, help fund a film by the dolls, for the dolls!! All I want for Christmas is to make a movie! (shout out to DP @grant.kaufman for shooting this with us!!!)

this intersex awareness day celebrating 4 months since the release of Ponyboi in theaters this summer 🥲 enjoy these getting ready pics from the premiere ✨ thank you @dazed and everyone who’s supported @ponyboi_film and intersex baddies making intersex art 💛💜 love you all so much 💜💛 Dress @seks.llc Jewlery @alexisbittar Stylist @altorrin Tailor @reyes_roderick MUA @britrischitta Hair @deetrannybear All photos by the homie @greg.alders

talked to @hallerobbe and @girlscarryingshit about dreams and living in liminal spaces for @pinkythemagazine while carrying all my shit 📚🍵🤳 🛌 Photographer: @hellahannah_ Novel: The Dry Season by @melissafebos

outtakes from @latimes 🌾 photo: @greg.alders

River Gallo and Indya Moore spar over the differences and similarities of the trans and intersex experience in the neo-noir intersex coming of age story, PONYBOI. Unfolding over the course of Valentine’s Day in New Jersey, a young intersex sex worker named Ponyboi (played by River Gallo who also wrote and produced the film) must run from the mob after a drug deal goes sideways. With the mob closing in and time running out, Ponyboi risks everything for one last chance at getting their life-affirming hormones before fleeing town. In this pivotal scene, Ponyboi comes face-to-face with Charlie — a formidable trans cabaret owner who supplies hormones to her community and also happens to be his former rival. Tensions simmer and histories collide. Just when it seems like the past might sabotage the present, Charlie offers something that nobody else in the film has: grace. What follows is arguably the film’s most powerful scene — a moment that shifts everything. “I can confidently say this is the first time a scene [where] an intersex person — and maybe trans-questioning person — and a trans woman are talking to each other about the differences and similarities of their experience. This is the first time that’s ever happened in cinema,” said Gallo at the films 2024 premier at The Sundance Film Festival. The film is now available for rent on @gathr using this link: /vod/a4456473/ponyboi The film is also showing in New York at LOOK Dine-In Cinemas W57 on 7/22 and 7/23 PONYBOI 2024. USA. Director: Esteban Arango Screenplay: River Gallo Starring: River Gallo, Dylan O'Brien, Murray Bartlett, Victoria Pedretti and Indya Moore

‘Ponyboi’ Color | @kathraisch Finishing Editor | Pat Kelleher Color Producer | @gobetz Director | @esteban_arango DP | @wuhawk Editor | @hannnnnarr Production Design | @t__l__o__v__e A bold and gripping debut from writer-director River Gallo, the award-winning indie film follows a young intersex sex worker on the run after a drug deal goes sideways. Set on Valentine’s Day in New Jersey, the film confronts identity, survival, and self-acceptance with raw urgency. #Ponyboi is now playing in select theaters.