The representation of gender diversity on screen has a complex history, from invisibility to stereotypical representations of otherness, including the sexually mischievous to the homicidal maniac.

In this conversation our panel of  filmmakers, critics, festival directors and artists to talked about the history and politics of gender diverse representation in films like Funeral Parade of Roses, Tomboy, The Crying Game and Boys Don’t Cry, as well as Orange is the New Black, Transparent and Billions. The panel will explore the problematic casting and stereotyping of gender diverse characters to the more progressive titles that have paved the way for more positive and nuanced gender expression on screen.

About The Panel

Bobuq Sayed (Host)

Bobuq Sayed is a writer, multi-media artist and community organiser of the Afghan diaspora. They co-edit Archer Magazine and they are the co-founder of the Australian QTPoC activist collective, Colour Tongues.

They are one-half of the sound art project, SWALLOW, and an active member of performance art vehicle, Embittered Swish. Their work highlights the unresolved and the grotesque; the ugliness of marginality.

Amos Gebhardt

Gebhardt’s cinematic portraits of humanness invoke multiple art forms including dance, documentary and performance. Drawn to disruptive representations of identity, Gebhardt has created moving image works for gallery exhibitions, cinema and broadcast exhibiting at ACMI, MONA, Gertrude Contemporary, M+, Monash Gallery of Art, SBS and ABC. Gebhardt is a recipient of the Sidney Myer Creative Fellowship, given to select artists who demonstrate outstanding talent and exceptional courage in their practice and is currently working on two video installations to be presented at the Adelaide Biennial 2018.

Cerise Howard

Cerise Howard is the Artistic Director of the Czech and Slovak Film Festival of Australia. A co-founding member of tilde: Melbourne Trans & Gender Diverse Film Festival and a committee member of the Melbourne Cinémathèque, she is also a freelance writer and critic who reports for the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival daily newspaper and co-hosts Plato's Cave, broadcast live and podcast weekly by 3RRR.

Cerise is also the bassist for punk, performance art, queer rock band Queen Kong and The HOMOsapiens. They will be launching "You Come from a DFO, I Come from a UFO" Thursday February 1st at the Northcote Social Club.

Copyright Acknowlegments

Title: Eat the Rich
Copyright: New Line Cinema
 
Title: Rocky Horror Picture Show
Copyright: 20th Century Fox
 
Title: Dallas Buyers Club
Copyright: Focus Features
 
Title: Women in Revolt
Copyright: Morrissey
 
Title: Funeral Parade of Roses
Copyright: Art Theatre Guild
 
Title: The Crying Game
Copyright: Palace Pictures / Miramax
 
Title: Orlando
Copyright: Sony Pictures Classics
 
Title: Tangerine
Copyright: Magnolia Pictures
 
Title: Something Must Break
Copyright: Garagefilm International / Fasad Postproduktion
 
Title: There are no others
Copyright: Amos Gebhardt

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