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!
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Maria KatsikadakouDirector
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Project Type:Experimental, Short
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Runtime:8 minutes
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Completion Date:January 29, 2018
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Production Budget:500 EUR
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Country of Origin:Greece
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Country of Filming:Greece, Norway
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Language:English
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Shooting Format:Digital
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Film Color:Color
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First-time Filmmaker:Yes
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Student Project:No
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Outview Film FestivalAthens
Greece
April 22, 2018
Outview Film Festival
Official Selection -
Oslo/Fusion International Film FestivalOlso
Norway
September 22, 2018
Official Selection -
LesGaiCineMadMadrid
Spain
November 5, 2018
Official Selection -
Porn Film Festival ViennaVienna
Austria
April 7, 2019
Official Selection -
Bari International Gender film festivalBari
Italy
September 26, 2019
Italian Premier
Official Selection -
Hellas Film BoxBerlin
Germany
January 18, 2020
Germany Premiere
Official Selection -
Satyrs and Maenads: the Athens Porn Film FestivalAthens
Greece
November 21, 2020
Award Greek Short 2020
Distribution Information
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Proud LifeCountry: GreeceRights: All Rights
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)
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?