Call me Agnes

Call me Agnes emerged from a desire to explore how to depict queer identities in films. What would a film in which I could see myself, my friends, and the way we discuss our own stories look like?

When I met Agnes in 2015 in a drag café, just after my arrival in the Netherlands, I was captivated by her voice and performance. We became friends and from that moment started to collaborate together in experiments and short films. Our partnership helped me understand what I want to talk about and what kind of cinema I want to make as a filmmaker.

From Agnes’ experiences we have developed fictional situations inspired by her life. Working between fiction and life, we created a place in which the actors can play different versions of themselves, relive important situations, crafting a different reality in which events of the past can be rewritten and a new future created.

Exploring the complexity of queer identity, I aimed to capture its fluid, fragmented and constantly evolving nature. By challenging the conventional concepts of classical cinema, which often rely on clearly defined characters and well-rounded, overarching narrative structures, I wanted to portray Agnes' identity in a film that is fluid, playful and inviting to a wider audience.