Co-presented with misc-en-scène! Post-screening in-person Q&A with director Louise Ward.
Louise Ward, 2025, Canada, 300 min
Castration Movie is a labyrinthine postmodern epic about gender. A trans woman named Michaela “Traps” Sinclair is a sex worker in Vancouver who splits her time between seeing clients and hanging out with her group of trans friends. As the weight of the world piles up on her, she decides to reclaim some sense of control by seeking out a back-alley orchiectomy.
Castration Movie Anthology ii. The Best of Both Worlds was shot entirely on location in New York City and features a cast headlined by Alex Walton (Pomp and Circumstance), Ivy Wolk (Anora), Jack Haven (I Saw the TV Glow), Lea Rose Sebastianis (In a Violent Nature), Hesse Deni (Brain Death), Theda Hammel (Stress Positions), Alexandra McVicker (The Serpent’s Skin), Betsey Brown (Actors), and Peter Vack (www.RachelOrmont.com), plus a mix of other emerging talent and weird and wonderful cameos.
Castration Movie Anthology ii. The Best of Both Worlds contains one chapter:
In Chapter iii. Polygon!!!! Heartmoder, Circle (Alex Walton) tries to leave a trans separatist cult in New York.