The short films in Through The Cracks are waiting for you somewhere in between. In vibrant, distinct shades of grey these stories exist in liminal space, where queerness feels most ripe and most right. Stories of those people, places, and experiences that are by definition undefinable constitute this program, defying categorization and proving the true value and energy in bursting out of binaries.
Conceptions of gender are shattered by the shifting understandings of genetics presented in this layered family drama. This complex and often unexplored world is presented through the experience of one teen struggling to find his place in his own family and in the world at large.
Meet Aiden, a teenager who has Klinefelter syndrome, a genetic condition where an extra X chromosome is present. The boy, through ritual and magical chants, banishes adolescence and becomes a man on his own terms - torn by and between the shortcomings of his mother and father.
Torch Song premiered at Flicker Fest in Australia and makes its North American debut at the Damn These Heels Film Festival 2021.
– Keith Turner, Damn These Heels programming committee member
- Year2020
- Runtime12 minutes
- LanguageEnglish
- CountryAustralia
- PremiereNorth American Premiere
- RatingNot Rated
- DirectorStephen Lance
The short films in Through The Cracks are waiting for you somewhere in between. In vibrant, distinct shades of grey these stories exist in liminal space, where queerness feels most ripe and most right. Stories of those people, places, and experiences that are by definition undefinable constitute this program, defying categorization and proving the true value and energy in bursting out of binaries.
Conceptions of gender are shattered by the shifting understandings of genetics presented in this layered family drama. This complex and often unexplored world is presented through the experience of one teen struggling to find his place in his own family and in the world at large.
Meet Aiden, a teenager who has Klinefelter syndrome, a genetic condition where an extra X chromosome is present. The boy, through ritual and magical chants, banishes adolescence and becomes a man on his own terms - torn by and between the shortcomings of his mother and father.
Torch Song premiered at Flicker Fest in Australia and makes its North American debut at the Damn These Heels Film Festival 2021.
– Keith Turner, Damn These Heels programming committee member
- Year2020
- Runtime12 minutes
- LanguageEnglish
- CountryAustralia
- PremiereNorth American Premiere
- RatingNot Rated
- DirectorStephen Lance
