Private Project

SO QUIET: THE PERFORMATIVITY OF A PUSSY

Most of the people are born with a specific sex organ. I realized that one of the sex organs has much less representation in images, films, and videos than the other one. I realized that the most "silent" one, the one who doesn't give a big visual "performance", is so underrepresented! One day I got the idea to visually show what is the performance of the "silent" sex organ, so I made this short film that I named SO QUIET! There is a kind of "war" out there around gender issues. Let's "zoom in" and bring some more equality within our community by giving some "voice" to the quiet one, no matter what body/gender is carrying it!

  • Maria Katsikadakou
    Director
  • Project Type:
    Experimental, Short
  • Runtime:
    8 minutes
  • Completion Date:
    January 29, 2018
  • Production Budget:
    500 EUR
  • Country of Origin:
    Greece
  • Country of Filming:
    Greece, Norway
  • Language:
    English
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    Yes
  • Student Project:
    No
  • Outview Film Festival
    Athens
    Greece
    April 22, 2018
    Outview Film Festival
    Official Selection
  • Oslo/Fusion International Film Festival
    Olso
    Norway
    September 22, 2018
    Official Selection
  • LesGaiCineMad
    Madrid
    Spain
    November 5, 2018
    Official Selection
  • Porn Film Festival Vienna
    Vienna
    Austria
    April 7, 2019
    Official Selection
  • Bari International Gender film festival
    Bari
    Italy
    September 26, 2019
    Italian Premier
    Official Selection
  • Hellas Film Box
    Berlin
    Germany
    January 18, 2020
    Germany Premiere
    Official Selection
  • Satyrs and Maenads: the Athens Porn Film Festival
    Athens
    Greece
    November 21, 2020
    Award Greek Short 2020
Distribution Information
  • Proud Life
    Country: Greece
    Rights: All Rights
Director Biography - Maria Katsikadakou

Maria Cyber is one of the first lesbian activists on the Greek LGBTQI+ scene. She has studied photography, graphic, and web design and film studies. She created the biggest portal for lesbians in Greece (www.lesbian.gr), as well as Outview Film Festival in 2007: Athens International LGBTQI Film Festival, Days of Queer Cinema (www.outview.gr)

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Director Statement

I could not help but notice how often a male sex organ appears in films – a penis, a cock, a dick, in all its different states: soft, asleep, or, more often than not, hardening and then having impressive ejaculations.
I realised how visible and big the performativity of the dick is.
You never have to ask a man if he is horny or if he ‘came’.
The answer is there, in front of your eyes.
But the opposite goes for the pussy: everything is happening internally.
What is the performativity of a pussy when penetration is absent?
Can pussy’s performativity be visual?