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 |
| Art | Emma Ryan | Art Department Assistant |
| Camera | Jacob Belisario | BTS Photographer |
| Production | Yousef Al-Waeli | Co-Producer |
| Writing | Samantha Gisser | Writer |
| Art | Adrienne Wagenaar | Sculptor |
| Sound | Sam Lohtander | Sound Editor |
| Directing | Yousef Al-Waeli | Assistant Director |
| Camera | Arshia Prajapati | First Assistant Camera |
| Visual Effects | Imogen Jupiter Lister | Animation |
| Editing | Jae Higgins | Editor |
| Camera | Emma Ryan | Second Assistant Camera |
| Production | Hussain Alokaily | Production Assistant |
| Visual Effects | Dani Meisner | Animation |
| Art | Mill Quintero Acosta | Production Design |
| Sound | Dani Meisner | Original Music Composer |
| Directing | Dani Meisner | Director |
| Lighting | Arshia Prajapati | Gaffer |
| Visual Effects | Emma Ryan | Animation |
| Writing | Dani Meisner | Writer |
| Camera | Arshia Prajapati | Key Grip |
| Editing | Dani Meisner | Assistant Editor |
| Sound | Dani Meisner | Sound Mixer |
| Sound | Mckenna Walter | Sound Recordist |
| Sound | Dani Meisner | Sound Designer |
| Sound | Elise Stroud | Sound Recordist |
| Production | Mckenna Walter | Producer |
| Camera | Mathew Goodman-Caines | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Jae Higgins | Color Grading |