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Disforia

Country: USA, Language: English, 8 mins

  • Director: Heidi Hartwig; Lio Mehiel
  • Writer: Lio Mehiel
  • Producer: Lio Mehiel; Julia Rose Duray; Ashley George

CGiii Comment

Editing, focus and wobbling camera - all major problems!


Trailer...

Disforia Teaser from Lio Mehiel on Vimeo.

The(ir) Blurb...

DISFORIA is an 8 minute psychological thriller that follows a young, gender-queer person who returns home to find his family has left, and the house has been sold. Perhaps they would still be there iff he had come home as the Jane they all know.

Cast & Characters

Lio Mehiel as Jack / Jane
Bob Jaffe as Bill
Alyssa Kempinski as Kylie
Thea McCartan as Amanda
Mackenzie Jones as Amy