QUEER FILM

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 community, love, and the fantasies we long for.

LONG:

(TITLE) is a 16mm film made up of queer fantasies of people living in Naarm (Melbourne).

Each subject told us how they wanted to be seen and we had to bring these fantasies into reality.

In this film our dreams get to live forever, even if it isn’t possible. Even if we can’t have a thousand life times,

we can each have a few minutes that don’t have to end.

THE TEAM

CAMILLE PERRY

DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY

SHE/HER/THEY/THEM

+61416833451

camilleperry2@gmail.com

MARTA KRESTEVSKA

PRODUCER

SHE/HER

+61412683995

martakrstevska@gmail.com

Marta is a producer that has worked across both live performance and film.

Marta was the stage manager for Cam Venn’s ‘Shark Heist’ at the Melbourne Comedy Festival 2024.

She produced the ‘The Silver Curtain’ which premiered at the Brunswick Underground Film Festival 2026.

Marta has also worked across several music video productions such as

Billiam’s ‘Asbestos and Me’ and Guardian Angel’s ‘Backseat’.

ELIZA SPARVELL

ART DIRECTOR

THEY/THEM

NISHA HUNTER

CINEMATOGRAPHER

SHE/HER/THEY/THEM/HE/HIM

+61450163177

Nisha.hunter98@gmail.com

LEKHENA PORTER

CAMERA ASSIST

THEY/THEM

Lekhena Porter (Khmer/Pakeha/Ngāi Tahu) is a photographer from Te-Whanganui-a-Tara,

Aotearoa who has resided in Naarm for the last decade. They work primarily within the portrait realm,

shooting fashion, music, queer life, adventure and whatever their current outdoors hyper-fixation interest is.

They’ve become part of the furniture in their last seven years at Hillvale Photo but when not here,

Lekhena can often be found outside touching grass.

ISSY CONNELLY

SET DESIGN

Issy Connelley is a Photographer, Art Director and Production Designer based in Naarm (Melbourne, Australia),
working predominantly with photographic and film based content.

CHARLIE KEREKES

LOCATION SCOUT + STYLING

THEY/THEM

Charlie Kerekes work across a range of mediums, with collage at the heart of their practice.

Through layered colour and rich textures, they create imagined worlds that invite viewers to step through

a portal into the imagination. Charlie's work explores storytelling, memory, and the endless possibilities

of transformation.

CLEM MCNABB?

THE CAST / WRITERS

DARCY CONNELLY

E SALMON

CHARLIE KEREKES

EDEN BREN

ELIZA SPARVELL

ZAC BOL?

MATISSE LAIDA?

CRITERIA FOR GRANT

bio and project outlines

eligibility

benefical to young queer community
uplifing young queer people and propelling their creative careers (drag performers, film production crew, fashion design, actors/actresses)
26 or younger (eliza), gay, based in Australia, have an abn
commence 1st of jan
capacity
mentorship and team
lived experience !
the entire crew is queer in the entire sense of the word
strategy
does application CLEARLY describe:
project
people involved
the audience
what it will take to achieve
Impact
does application clearly outline how it will be awesome for gays
Time and cost
are time frames realistic
cost outlines realistic