ALEX CARDY, TALI POLICHTUK & KITTY CHRYSTAL | AUSTRALIE / AUSTRALIA | 2021 | 6 MIN | V.O.A. / ENGLISH
Jamie keeps themselves entertained bingeing on queer film and TV during lockdown but mere escapism turns sensual when they start having sexual delusions involving their favourite queer characters. Are You Still Watching? explores the emancipatory power of the queer imagination, combining erotic fan fiction tropes, magical realism and a firm camp sensibility.
Octavia’s Visions is inspired by the Parables of the African-American futurist, author Octavia E. Butler, who died in 2006...
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