Jane struggles to embrace her femininity as a butch lesbian. She shaves her head, which propels her on a humorous and twisted journey of self discovery. In the process, she has a debate with herself in the bathroom mirror as her demonic feminine side tries to suppress her innate masculinity. Eventually she finds peace and freedom in androgyny and discovers humanity is independent of sexual identity.
directed and edited by Yannis Zafeiriou (yanzaf.com)
written and produced by Noelle Messier (noellemessier.com)
Dichotomy won the award for the best LGBT short film in the Hollywood Reel Independent Film Festival in Los Angeles and was an official selection at NewFest (NYC's LGBT Film Festival), Cinema Diverse (Palm Springs LGBTQ Film Festival), the Brisbane Queer Film Festival in Australia, the Pride Film Festival in Chicago, and the Broad Humor Film Festival in Los Angeles.
IMDb Page: imdb.com/title/tt6615564
Official Facebook: facebook.com/dichotomyshortfilm/
Official Instagram: instagram.com/dichotomyshortfilm/
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CAST
Noelle Messier (noellemessier.com)
Mark Deliman (markdeliman.com)
CREW
producer: We Make Movies
associate producer: Josh Allen Goldman (joshallengoldman.com)
director of photography: Jeff Galyan (jeffgalyan.com)
production designer: Lisa Prior
first assistant camera: Christopher Jordan
gaffer: John Chang
production sound mixer: Victoria Carrillo
sound designer: Nels Christensen (nelsaudio.com/)
colorist: Jeff Galyan (jefgalyan.com)
hair and make-up: Charlene Velasquez
hair wrangler: Leigh Shindo
carpenter: Eric Ramirez
chef: Sérgio Galvão
craft services: Leigh Shindo
set photographers: Mark Deliman, Joshua Gilstrap
production assistants: Louis Perez, Gregory Baldo, Julio Reyes, Jen McGlone, Brian Stack
original music composer: Francia McNally
“I’m Too Sexy”
Written by Richard Fairbrass,
Fred Fairbrass and Rob Manzoli
Spirit One Music o/b/o Spirit Services Holdings, S.a.r.l.
“Grace and Kindness”
Composed by Francia McNally
Performed by Francia McNally on Vilma Records
Published by Zonic Hyperbolic Music
“Prelude to Night”
Composed by Francia McNally
Performed by Francia McNally on Vilma Records
Published by Zonic Hyperbolic Music
“Renewal”
Composed by Francia McNally
Performed by Francia McNally on Vilma Records
Published by Zonic Hyperbolic Music
“Hope, Vast Infinite Free”
Composed by Francia McNally
Performed by Francia McNally on Vilma Records
Published by Zonic Hyperbolic Music
special thanks to: Nick Somers, NVISIONATE Studios
SAG-AFTRA
