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Dead Lesbians

Dead Lesbians

EVA JUSTINE TORKKOLA | AUSTRALIA | 2023 | 13 MIN |ENGLISH

EVA JUSTINE TORKKOLA | AUSTRALIA | 2023 | 13 MIN |ENGLISH

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Synopsis

As she prepares for a first date, Isabelle is pestered by the apparition of Dorothy Ainsworth, a chain-smoking, well-spoken, long-since deceased author of 1950’s lesbian pulp novels. Dorothy highlights the freedoms Isabelle enjoys as a queer woman today and reminds her to be grateful for the privileges she enjoys.

Filmmaker Bio

Eva Justine Torkkola is an ADG-nominated director. A 2019 graduate from the Masters of Film and Television (Directing - Narrative) at the Victorian College of the Arts, prior to film Eva worked as an actor performing in theatre productions across Australia. Eva works as an acting tutor for the National Institute of Dramatic Arts (NIDA open) and sessional marker for film at the University of Melbourne. In 2019 Eva was selected as one of twenty emerging filmmakers from around the world to attend the International Filmmaking Academy in Bologna, Italy with masterclass teacher Jane Campion and featuring Francis Ford Coppola.

Producer

Jaq Avery

Writer

Jaq Avery

Cinematographer

Babi Bertoldi

Cast

  • Yassica Switakowski
  • Jennifer Vuletic
  • Shamita Sivabalan
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