Private Project

YÉYÉ

EX has just broken up with LOVER; it’s blissful chaos, everything feels lukewarm and illogical. YÉYÉ demystifies emotive stereotypes surrounding the breakdown of queer female relationships and questions whether we ever really move on from our lovers, when they’re also our best-friends.

  • Laneikka Denne
    Director
  • Laneikka Denne
    Writer
  • Charlotte Robertson
    Key Cast
    "LOVER"
  • Skye Beker
    Key Cast
    "EX"
  • Diamond Tat
    Crew
    Director of Photography
  • Tyron Seeto
    Crew
    Gaffer
  • Emily Mays
    Crew
    1st AC
  • Laura Nash
    Crew
    Editor & Colourist
  • Dexter Cave
    Crew
    Sound Mixing
  • Kailesh Reitmans
    Crew
    Composer
  • Project Type:
    Short, Student
  • Genres:
    Romance, Dramedy, Queer, LGTBIQ, LGBT
  • Runtime:
    3 minutes
  • Completion Date:
    May 1, 2020
  • Production Budget:
    100 USD
  • Country of Origin:
    Australia
  • Country of Filming:
    Australia
  • Language:
    English
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    Yes
  • Student Project:
    Yes
  • Digital Cinema Package:
    Unavailable
Director Biography - Laneikka Denne

Laneikka Denne is an award-winning playwright, actor and filmmaker. Her debut play DEADSKIN was awarded the State Theatre Company x Flinders University Young Playwright's Award and will premiere at KXT in 2021. She is currently developing a new work titled SHITHOLE for Q Theatre and continues to write and develop her screen writing ventures. Young (mostly queer) women are at the heart of all of her work, as she seeks to represent real women with agency and intrigue.

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Director Statement

I’d always felt queer female relationships were generally portrayed as extremely intense and emotional, as if every break up was a replica of Lost and Delirious yet "hot" like Buffy the Vampire slayer. Queer films I'd watch were usually shot from the male gaze about female love.

But sometimes breaking up is fucking great.
Sometimes it’s not.
Sometimes we cry.
Sometimes we don’t.

For me, YÉYÉ is an authentic representation of the breakdown of a queer relationship, something that I would have loved to have growing up.