THE DYSPHORIA

DESCRIPTION

A trans woman performs a Satanic ritual to get a vagina, but unwittingly invites a demonic presence into her home which demands a terrible sacrifice.

The Dysphoria is an award-winning short supernatural horror film by trans writer-director Kylie Aoibheann.

Produced with the support of Queer Screen and Screen Australia, the film is lead by trans actress Eva Rees (Nowhere Boys) alongside Emmanuelle Mattana (Fwends) - and features practical effects from Sharp FX (Late Night with the Devil).

AWARDS

Short Fuse Winner
Fantastic Fest, 2025

City of Melbourne Award for Best Australian Short Film
Melbourne Queer Film Festival, 2025

Best Director
Brooklyn Horror Film Festival, 2025

Best Special Effects
Brooklyn Horror Film Festival, 2025

Best Queer Horror Short Film
Final Girls Film Festival, 2026

Gender Matters Taskforce Screenwriting Prize
2025

NOMINATIONS

AWGIE Award for Best Short Film
2026

Iris Prize
2025

FESTIVALS

Fantasia International Film Festival
2025 - World premiere

Melbourne International Film Festival
2025 - Australian premiere

Fantastic Fest
2025 - US premiere

Beyond Fest
2025 - US West Coast Premiere

Iris Prize LGBTQ+ Film Festival
2025 - European premiere

SXSW Sydney
2025 - NSW Premiere Premiere

NewFest: New York LGBTQ+ Film Festival
2025 - US East Coast Premiere

Brooklyn Horror Film Festival
2025

Melbourne Queer Film Festival
2025

London Short Film Festival
2026 - London Premiere

Mardi Gras Film Festival
2026

Tampere Film Festival
2026 - Finnish premiere

Final Girls Berlin Film Festival
2026 - German premiere

BFI Flare: London LGBTQIA+ Film Festival
2026

The Overlook Film Festival
2026 - Louisiana premiere

Wicked Queer: Boston LGBTQ+ Film Festival
2026 - New England premiere

Fantaspoa Film Festival
2026 - Latin American premiere

Brussels International Fantastic Film Festival
2026 - Belgian premiere

More screenings to be announced soon…

PRESS

Women’s Healthcare Is Now the Stuff of Fantasy Films
Indiewire

Kylie Aoibheann: Demons, Seances & Gender-Affirming Surgery
FilmInk

Talking ‘The Dysphoria’ – Body, Horror & Trans Experience with Director Kylie Aoibheann
Joy Media

SPECS

2025

13 mins

Colour

1.85:1

English

CAST

Alice
Eva Rees

Tyler
Adam White

Maeve
Emmanuelle Mattana

Lilith
Carissa Lee

Lilith’s Dog
Tim Clarke

CREW

Director
Kylie Aoibheann

Writer
Kylie Aoibheann

Producer
Oliver Ellis

Director of Photography
Roger Stonehouse

Production Designer
Adelaide Jones

Editor
Ben Anderson
Kylie Aoibheann

Prosthetic Makeup Effects
Sharp FX

Costume Designer
Tait Adams

Sound Designer
Rowan Yeomans

Original Music
Kane Gaundar

Assistant Director
Dayna di Fulvio

Script Supervisor
Mitchie Sinclair

Assistant Script Supervisor
Lachlan Roberts

First Assistant Camera
Michael de Lange

Additional First Assistant Camera
Joseph Beattie

Second Assistant Camera
Joseph Beattie
James Wagner
Lyshana Ye

B-Camera Operator
Bryce Padovan