Formless (2023)
Every person is born without conditioning. They are raised and taught who they are and who they should become. They’re expected to fit into an idealized mold of the perfect “boy” or “girl.” What happens when someone doesn’t fit that mold… Through interviews paired and poetic images Formless creates a portrait of the trans body. The film pairs sketched animations with live-action bodies to match and highlight differences in body shapes and to create a contrast between the “ideal” mold of a gendered body and the real bodies that trans and gender non-conforming people live in. It is an honest exploration of dysphoria, euphoria, and the molds that society offers. The body is a deeply personal thing to many trans people and this film explores the unique ways trans people experience their bodies in modern society; the liberation of stepping outside of those molds and the liberation of fitting within them.
Director: Dani Meisner
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Tristan Seecheran as Themselves |
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Mill Quintero Acosta as Themselves |
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Adrienne Wagenaar as Themselves |
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Jae Higgins as Themselves |
| Writing | Dani Meisner | Writer |
| Sound | Dani Meisner | Sound Designer |
| Camera | Arshia Prajapati | First Assistant Camera |
| Art | Adrienne Wagenaar | Sculptor |
| Sound | Elise Stroud | Sound Recordist |
| Camera | Arshia Prajapati | Key Grip |
| Sound | Sam Lohtander | Sound Editor |
| Writing | Samantha Gisser | Writer |
| Sound | Dani Meisner | Sound Mixer |
| Visual Effects | Dani Meisner | Animation |
| Visual Effects | Imogen Jupiter Lister | Animation |
| Directing | Yousef Al-Waeli | Assistant Director |
| Camera | Emma Ryan | Second Assistant Camera |
| Art | Emma Ryan | Art Department Assistant |
| Production | Hussain Alokaily | Production Assistant |
| Camera | Jacob Belisario | BTS Photographer |
| Directing | Dani Meisner | Director |
| Lighting | Arshia Prajapati | Gaffer |
| Visual Effects | Emma Ryan | Animation |
| Sound | Dani Meisner | Original Music Composer |
| Production | Mckenna Walter | Producer |
| Art | Mill Quintero Acosta | Production Design |
| Editing | Jae Higgins | Color Grading |
| Sound | Mckenna Walter | Sound Recordist |
| Editing | Jae Higgins | Editor |
| Production | Yousef Al-Waeli | Co-Producer |
| Editing | Dani Meisner | Assistant Editor |
| Camera | Mathew Goodman-Caines | Director of Photography |