OUR CATALOG
Through the Skin
A film by Elliot Montague
US | 2002 | 18 minutes | Color/BW | DVD | Order No. 03811
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“…a powerful work… With hypnotic intensity, the film is an assembly of emotionally nuanced landscapes, home movies of Elyse’s childhood, found footage, and peformative self-portraits…a truly remarkable piece that summarily transcends its immediate autobiographical concerns…”
"…required viewing for all courses dealing with adolescence, body politics and queer issues. A complicated, layered, experimental meditation on becoming-feminine, the film explodes conventional vocabularies of cinema and of sexuality, breaking through walls of anger and anxiety. A challenging, exciting film from a fresh new artist."
SCREENING HIGHLIGHTS AND AWARDS
- Women in the Director's Chair, Chicago
- Seattle Gay and Lesbian Film Festival
- European Media Arts Festival, Osnabruck, Germany
- Turin International Gay and Lesbian Film Festival
- Vancouver Underground Film Festival
- MIX Gay and Lesbian Film Festival, NYC
- Paris Gay and Lesbian Film Festival
- North Carolina Gay and Lesbian Film Festival
- Media Arts Festival Friesland
- Maine International Film Festival
- Women in Cinema, Walker Art Center
- Flaming Film Festival, Minneapolis
- Estrofest, Atlanta
- WhamBam Trans Artfest
ABOUT FILMMAKER(S)
Elliot Montague is a transgender fictional narrative and experimental documentary filmmaker. His films explore the nuances of trans and queer narratives through engagement with familial relationships and rural landscapes. Elliot is a twice recipient of the Princess Grace Award. He was the guest director on Rhys Ernst's award-winning documentary series, We've Been Around. Elliot's work has shown at the Media Arts Festival in Osnabruck, Germany, the DOKMA festival in Maribor, Slovenia, the Museum of the Moving Image in Queens, the Paris Gay and Lesbian International Film Festival, the Tribeca Film Festival and the Anthology Film Archives in New York, and the Dashanzi Arts Festival in Beijing, China, among others. Elliot teaches film production at both Amherst and Smith Colleges. His film work is partially distributed through Women Make Movies in New York City and Video Data Bank in Chicago. (07/19)
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