ANENOME
Dir. Amrou El Kahdi
FOX CUB FILMS
ANEMONE is a short queer drama with a hint of magical realism.
Anemio is a second generation non-binary gender teenager, who lives at home with their conservative Christian family. At home, school and church, they are failing the gender expectations of women in society. Their only respite is at the local marine live stock shop where they work after school. Here, Anemio feels at peace in an alternate world of marine life, comforted by the anemones and all the other hermaphroditic marine creatures.
So when pressures escalate, Anemio decides to escape social binaries by transforming themselves into an anemone.
FESTIVAL SELECTION
Official selection ENCOUNTERS SHORT FILM FESTIVAL 2018
Official selection LONDON SHORT FILM FESTIVAL 2019