20 20: Lockdown Erotica

A queer poetry performance video exploring the fear of intimacy in the times of COVID (issues of social distancing, disease, fear of contagion, loneliness, sexual craving, autoeroticism, dark room sex). The poem is performed by two versions of the poet - mirroring each other - in lockdown.

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  • Ernesto Sarezale
    Director
    Queer Tongues, Naked Tongues, Spoken Gender
  • Ernesto Sarezale
    Writer
  • Ernesto Sarezale
    Key Cast
    "No name"
  • Project Type:
    Experimental, Short, Other
  • Runtime:
    2 minutes 33 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    June 15, 2021
  • Country of Origin:
    United Kingdom
  • Country of Filming:
    United Kingdom
  • Language:
    English
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
  • Hallucinea Film Festival
    Paris
    France
    June 21, 2021
    Official Selection
  • Duende Sessions Festival Barcelona
    Barcelona
    Spain
    November 28, 2021
    Official Selection
  • Scream Queer - Eros and Thanatos Scream Queer - Eros and Thanatos
    Rome
    Italy
    October 2, 2022
    Official Selection
  • 11th International Video Poetry Festival
    Athens
    Greece
    September 30, 2022
    Official Selection
  • Bizarrya Short Film Festival
    Porto
    Portugal
    March 15, 2023
    Portuguese premiere
    Official Selection
Director - Ernesto Sarezale