THE DYSPHORIA

DESCRIPTION

A demonic horror based on the life and fears of transgender writer-director Kylie Aoibheann. Desperate for gender-affirming surgery, a young transgender woman performs a Satanic ritual to get the vagina she’s always wanted… but she unwittingly invites a demonic presence into her home which demands a terrible sacrifice.

Coming 2025.

FESTIVALS & AWARDS

WINNER - Screen Australia Gender Matters Taskforce Screenwriting Prize 2024

FINALIST - Queer Screen Pitch-Off! 2024

FINALIST - Melbourne Queer Film Festival Pitch, Pleez! 2024

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
Costume Designer - Kylie Aoibheann
Sound Designer - Rowan Yeomans
Composer - Kane Guandar

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

Gaffer- Bryce Padovan
Best People - Joseph Beattie, James Wagner

Book Design & Illustrations - Jess Reddi Coronell
Art Department Assistants - Jessica Betram, Jesse Gerner, Sacha Orloff

Wardrobe Supervisor - Imogen Matich
Wardrobe Assistant - Valeria Bella Vizzi

Special Make-up Effects - SharpFX
Hair & Make-up Artist - Mia Bergles
Hair & Make-up Assistant - Téa Mancini

Sound Recordist - Rhoda Cameron
Boom Operator - Amelie Damiano

Production Assistants - Alyssa Moller, Lachlan Roberts
Casting Assistant - Sarah Grace