Seek Bromance by Samira Elagoz is a trans romance set at the end of the world, somewhere between insta-reality and sci-fi dystopia. It is a four-hour film-performance about the relationship between two transmasculine individuals who met at the beginning of the pandemic, both with histories of performing extremely feminine characters yet holding very different views on what masculinity can be.
The images that Samira Elagoz captures with his collaborator, Brazilian artist Cade Moga, document their relationship from their first meeting to their final breakup. They also trace Elagoz’s long farewell to his femme identity. The result is a painfully beautiful, deserted world, as if a virus had wiped everything out and they could only be infected by one another. With just a car, some cash, and a supply of testosterone, they lay bare the fundamental dynamics of masculinity and femininity.
CREDITS
Direction, concept, editing and dramaturgy
Samira Elagoz
In collaboration with
Cade Moga
Featuring
Samira Elagoz & Cade Moga
Film footage
Samira Elagoz & Cade Moga
Advice
Bruno Listopad, Antonia Steffens
Extra advice
Otto Rissanen, Tiana Hemlock-Yensen, Richard Sand, Valerie Cole, Jessica Dunn Rovinelli, Michael Scerbo, Daniel Donato
Script advice
Tiana Hemlock-Yensen, Richard Sand, Valerie Cole
Advice filming
Jeanette Groenendaal
Production
SPRING Performing Arts Festival
Co-production
Arsenic - Centre d’Art Scénique Contemporain, Black Box Teater, BIT Teatergarasjen, Frascati, Finish Cultural Institute Benelux, Kunstenwerkplaats Pianofabriek
Distribution
Something Great
Supported by
Ammodo, Fonds Podiumkunsten, Koneen Säätiö, Prins Bernhard Cultuurfonds.