YOU CAN’T GET WHAT YOU WANT BUT YOU CAN GET ME (2024)
WORLD PREMIERE: IFFR, INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL ROTTERDAM
INTERNATIONAL PREMIERE: HOT DOCS, TORONTO
In the permanent collection of The Finnish National Gallery
SYNOPSIS
A unique slideshow documenting two long-haired trans men falling in love. Over the course of one year, the artist couple gathered photographs from real-life events such as their first kiss, meeting each other's parents, long-distance thirst traps, a staged wedding, and top surgery and its subsequent recovery. A sweet and steamy celebration of T4T love with life and art all tangled up.
Director, concept, edit, camera: Samira Elagoz & Z Walsh
PRESS / REVIEWS
“A work that everyone should see - manages to capture something about youth, love, and life that you rarely come across.” - Helsingin Sanomat
“Samira and Z made a hyper-intimate film about budding trans love” - VICE
“Love, art and identity: the emotional uprising of Samira and Z” - Amarello
“Transmen are not allowed to be sexy in movies - an award-winning Finnish director made a hot movie with his partner” - YLE
“I was so touched that I passed out” - HBL
“Irreverent and yet deeply felt, a refreshing love story centering trans joy that’s hot and intimate like a spit in the mouth.” - Camden Film Festival Jury
“It’s rare to see cinema in such a non-apologetic and sentimental way.” - Leiden Film Festival jury
“..one of the most memorable and intimate works that the exhibition showcases” - NO NIIN Magazine
“A highlight from the program” - Slant Magazine
“So, is it really a film? I don’t know. Is it experimental? Yes. Most importantly, does it work? Definitely, yes.” - Social Ketchup
“The top short films at IFFR - the humility of this queer DIY and the power that these intimate and rare images take on on the big screen make this documentary vignette one of the emotional peaks of this edition.” - Polyester Magazine
Awards / nominations
Best short film award, Leiden Short Film Festival
Best short film award, Aesthetica Film Festival, York
Best short film award, Oslo Film Festival
Honorable mention, Outstanding Short Doc, Frameline, LGBTQ Film Fest San Francisco
Honourable mention, Camden Film Festival
Honorable mention, Berlin Short Film Festival
Nominated for best short documentary, Chicago International Film Festival
Nominated for best short film, Helsinki International Film Festival, Love and Anarchy
Nominated for Golden Cube award, Kasseler Dokfest
Nominated for best short documentary, Mix Brazil Festival of Diversity, Sao Paolo
Nominated for best short documentary, Bogota Short, Bogotá
Nominated for best short, Xposed, Berlin queer film festival
Nominated for best short, Seattle International Film Festival
Nominated for best short, Chéries-Chéris, Paris
Nominated for best short documentary, Festival Dei Popoli, Florence
Nominated for best queer short, Leeds International Film Festival
Nominated for best short documentary, Uppsala Kortfilmfestival
Nominated for Golden Calf, best short documentary, Nederlands Film festival
Nominated for best international short, Kurzfilm Festival Hamburg
