| Length / Year: | 240', 2021, Italian premiere |
|---|---|
| Direction and concept: | Samira Elagoz |
| In collaboration with: | Cade Moga |
| Film footage created by: | Samira Elagoz e Cade Moga |
| Advisors: | Bruno Listopad, Antonia Steffens |
| Edited by: | Samira Elagoz |
| Dramaturgy: | Samira Elagoz |
| Extra editing advice: | Otto Rissanen, Tiana Hemlock-Yensen, Richard Sand, Valerie Cole, Jessica Jeffrey, Michael Scerbo |
| Advice during filming: | Jeanette Groenendaal |
| Script advice: | Tiana Hemlock-Yensen, Richard Sand,Valerie Cole |
| Production: | SPRING Performing Arts Festival |
| Co-production: | Frascati Amsterdam, Kunstenwerkplaats Pianofabriek Brussels, Black Box Teater Oslo, BIT Teatergarasjen Bergen, Finish Cultural Institute Benelux, Arsenic-Contemporary Performing Arts Center, Lausanne |
| Management and distribution: | Something Great |
| With the support of: | Fonds Podiumkunsten NL, Koneen Säätiö FI, Prins Bernhard Cultuurfonds NL, Ammodo NL |
| Note: | The performance is suitable for an adult audience |
Theatre
Samira Elagoz - Seek Bromance
Description
Seek Bromance is a trans romance situated at the end of the world somewhere between Insta-reality and Sci-Fi dystopia. It shows a relationship between two transmasculines who met during the beginning of 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 images that Samira Elagoz captures with his collaborator, Brazilian artist Cade Moga, document their relation, from the moment they first met to their final breakup.
“I set out to edit 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 and creators.”