Samira Elagoz (FI/NL)
SEEK BROMANCE
Film/Performance
- Environ 4h, entracte de 15 min compris
- G Hearing loops
- B Accessible to persons with reduced mobility
Réalisation et concept: Samira Elagoz. En collaboration avec: Cade Moga. Montage: Samira Elagoz. Conseils: Bruno Listopad, Antonia Steffens. Conseils supplémentaires: Otto Rissanen, Tiana Hemlock-Yensen, Richard Sand, Valerie Cole, Jessie Jeffrey Dunn Rovinelli, Michael Scerbo. Conseils en réalisation: Jeanette Groenendaal. Production: SPRING Performing Arts Festival. Management et diffusion: Something Great. Coproduction: Frascati Producties, Kunstenwerkplaats Pianofabriek, Black Box Teater, BIT Teatergarasjen, Finnish Cultural Institute for the Benelux, Arsenic - Centre d'art scénique contemporain. Avec le soutien du Fonds Podiumkunsten NL, Koneen Säätiö FI, Prins Bernhard Cultuurfonds NL, Ammodo NL.
Premiere: International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam - IDFA 2022
«I set out to make a work that I needed to see while struggling with my gender. A trans work where it’s not about educating cis people, or justifying our existence or being shiny positive examples, but a real story, where the trans protagonists are complex and troubled, progressive and admirable, problematic and relatable. Where they are rebels, lovers, creators, and hot af.» – Elagoz
Seek Bromance is a trans romance situated at the end of the world. It shows a relationship between two transmasculines who met during the pandemic, who both have a history of performing extremely feminine characters but who have very different attitudes as to what masculinity can be. The theme of this collaboration became the relationship between 3 lovers, the camera being one of them. Through the deserts of Los Angeles and Vegas, far from other people, with just a car, some cash, and a supply of testosterone they expose the integral dynamics of masculinity and femininity.