QUEER FILM

HOW IS QUEER TIME SHOWN THROUGH PHOTOGRAPHY

  • what does queer time feel like? what does queer time look like when no one is watching?

  • Queer photo booths - the only way to get photos with partner, memorialising their love and queer identity

  • Queer fantasy

  • recreating queer peoples fantasies ie. how they perceive themselves, the queer self they imagined for their future

  • timelessness of queer intimacy

  • rawness of peoples intimate spaces juxtaposed with extravagant sets

  • how queer time exists without heteronormative milestones and how that changes how we feel time

  • non-linear time frame

THEMES

Queer Memory & Time

belonging & community

fantasy & desire

Love & loss

Queer archives /how they manifest

what it means to document queer experience



GENRE

Experimental

Expressionist

Surrealist

DIY

SYNOPSIS

SHORT:

16mm experimental film following queer experiences of love, time, and the fantasies we long for.

LONG:

16mm experimental film that follows how queer people navigate experiences of love,

time, and the fantasies they long for. What do we look like in our eyes?

How do we tell our stories for us?

TO DO Identifying secondary sources such as literature, art, and cultural materials • Familiarizing with other (film) projects • Identifying primary sources and collaborators • Locating visual assets and archives • Identifying and tracking potential or multiple storylines • Finding a narrative framework that can support the film • Building foundational relationships with the community and collaborators at the center of the story • Research activities could also be for specific needs in a film that is further in the development (but not production) process The development stage is a nuanced period of exploration and discovery. Core activities include: • Gaining access to core participants and collaborators, and starting shooting • Developing the story or form of the film • Plotting the film’s multiple and intersecting timelines • Fine-tuning the development budget and creating a fundraising strategy • Creating fundraising materials such as a pitch deck, trailer, teaser, etc. • Testing pitch materials for resonance at pitch venues with potential funders • Engaging possible partners