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A Peeling

A Peeling is a single-shot hand-animated short starring the banana, the United States' most popular immigrant fruit (sorry, Florida oranges). Watch what happens when our banana enlists a congregation of alligators as it transitions. A reptilian soundtrack of chirps, growls, and hisses accompanies its big reveal.

  • Dimitry Saïd Chamy
    Director
  • Laurencia Strauss
    Key Cast
    "First Pair of Hands"
  • Dimitry Saïd Chamy
    Key Cast
    "Second Pair of Hands"
  • Dimitry Saïd Chamy
    Writer
  • Project Type:
    Animation, Experimental, Short
  • Runtime:
    2 minutes 20 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    August 20, 2022
  • Production Budget:
    100 USD
  • Country of Origin:
    United States
  • Country of Filming:
    United States
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital 4K with Sound
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
  • 8 & Halfilm Awards

    Italy
    October 14, 2023
    World Premiere
    Winner Super Short Film
  • Nashville Independent Filmmakers Festival
    Nashville
    United States
    October 11, 2023
    World Premiere
    Semi-Finalist Best Micro Short
  • San Diego International Film Awards
    San Diego
    United States
    February 21, 2026
    World Premiere
    Semi-Finalist Best Micro Short
  • Austin International Art Festival
    Austin
    United States
    February 29, 2024
    World Premiere
    Semi-Finalist Best Micro Short
  • FilmGate Short Film Festival Miami 2023
    Miami FL
    United States
    January 25, 2023
    World Premiere
    Official Selection
Distribution Information
  • CHAMY·XYZ
    Sales Agent
    Country: Worldwide
    Rights: All Rights
Director Biography - Dimitry Saïd Chamy

Dimitry Saïd Chamy is a transdisciplinary artist, designer, and educator. Working from a queer, mixed Haïtian-Lebanese immigrant perspective, he explores speculative futures, generative systems, and symbolic world-building through participatory co-creation and storytelling.

An Oolite Arts Creator award recipient, Chamy has exhibited from Miami to Beijing, including Fashion Week at Lincoln Center, New York, the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, and Locust Projects in Miami. Chamy holds an MFA in Graphic Design from Yale University.

Chamy has taught at six universities and is a Research Associate Professor at the Ratcliffe Art + Design Incubator at Florida International University.

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Director Statement

A Peeling is part of the series Underground Rainbow. This video collaboration by artists Dimitry Saïd Chamy and Laurencia Strauss explores queer visibility, autonomy, and desire in the State of Florida under the regime of “Don't Say Gay“ laws and attempts to marginalize or erase queerness. We resist these forces with humor and a celebration of queerness in all its forms, using ordinary objects, natural sounds, and the animators' visible hands. Though some bananas were eaten during the making of this video, no alligators were harmed.