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Adore

World Premiere

Luci, a queer Peruvian-Canadian woman, gives her beloved nephew the Christmas gift of his dreams: a beautiful sequined dress. But when he tries to show the rest of the family, Luci finds herself enacting the same restrictions and shaming she has experienced herself.

 

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Director
Cast

Sydney Kuhne, Desmond Zavier Sivan, Alexandra Lainfiesta, Juan Rodas, Fernando Figueiredo

Credits
Country of Origin

Canada

Year

2022

Language

In English and Spanish with English subtitles

Film Contact
G
11 min

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Credits

Executive Producer

Colin Ng, Françoise Girard

Producer

Sofia Bant

Screenwriter

Beth Warrian

Cinematography

Zachary Clark

Editor

Tommy Pal

Production Design

Lori Si

Original Music

Hari Sivan, Giran Findlay

Director

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Beth Warrian

Beth Warrian is a writer-director based in Toronto who, fascinated by inner worlds, liminal states, and the spiritual dimensions of queer experience, draws from a background in theatre and a hard-knocks decade as a sous chef. Warrian is a recent graduate of Toronto Metropolitan University’s Image Arts film program, where she received accolades, including the Norman Jewison and Promising Filmmaker awards.  Adore  is her second collaboration with producer Sofia Bant.