A unique slideshow documenting two long-haired trans men falling madly in love. Over the course of one year, the artist couple Samira Elagoz & Z Walsh gathered photographs from real-life events such as their first kiss, meeting each other’s parents, long-distance thirst traps, a beach wedding, and top surgery and its subsequent recovery. A sweet and steamy celebration of T4T love with life and art all tangled up.
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Intention

“Our intention with this work is to show a real story that depicts trans love and intimacy with authenticity and joy that is rarely visible. Our short captures our almost teenageesque love story, evoking the visceral memory of how it feels to fall in love. It also showcases the intensity of trans relationships — we meet and fall in love, as any other couple would, but then have to navigate these profound, life-changing events, such as surgery, together. In a world where such stories are frequently obscured, we aim to celebrate transmasculinity and queer love.”

Samira Elagoz and Z Walsh
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Biography

Samira Elagoz is a Finnish/Egyptian transmasculine artist whose work moves between film, performance, and visual art. He has received several awards, including the Silver Lion at the Venice Biennale Teatro in 2022. His films have screened widely at festivals such as IDFA, Rotterdam Film Festival, Hot Docs, and CPH:DOX. Blending performance art and cinema, Elagoz has developed a distinctive practice of “docu-fiction,” exploring topics such as gender roles, digital romanticism, and intimate encounters. You can’t get what you want but you can get me (2024) Seek Bromance (2021, 220min, Winner Silver Lion, Venice Biennale Teatro) Craigslist Allstars (2016, 65min, Nominated for DOX:award, CPH:DOX). His major works include Seek Bromance (2021, 220 min, Lauréat du Lion d’Argent, Biennale de Venise Teatro, Arsenic 2022), Cock, Cock, Who’s There? (Les Urbaines 2016, Arsenic 2019), and Craigslist Allstars (2016, 65 min, Nomination au DOX:award, CPH:DOX)

Z Walsh is a Brooklyn based transgender artist focusing on photography. Z is known for his raw, intimate depictions of his subjects and himself. His unique perspective is influenced by his past experiences in modeling as a woman, and understanding himself now as a trans man. Since coming out in 2016, Z has been recognized internationally as a director, photographer and model. You can’t get what you want but you can get me, a short film co-directed by Walsh, has had over 50 screenings across 5 continents and won multiple awards. Z’s work is guided by his unwavering commitment to studying and adoring transgender beauty, and opposing transmasculine erasure.