Ileana Pietrobruno

A super low-budget, drag king, pirate movie shot on miniDV. Pirates capture a naïve Butch and promise him that if he can find the Queen’s stolen treasure, they will be give him his heart’s desire—the seductive femme Claudia. Soon Butch is sailing on treacherous seas, swept away by dangerous desires where tops are bottomed, pirate captains are seduced by tranny sailors and cross-dressing femmes pack a wallop. With the help of the mysterious Easy and the infamous pirate Captain Candy, can Butch find the treasure in time to restore the natural attraction between butch and femme? Decidedly tongue-in-cheek, this clever tale uses a pastiche of pillaged imagery to lead us into the uncharted oceans of dyke desire. A sweetly perverse fable for drag kings, gender-benders and those who adore them. Music by Amon Tobin

"The director of the underground feature 'Cat Swallows Parakeet And Speaks!' turns their eye for stunning metaphoric imagery to the myth of Narcissus." -Out On Screen Festival

A man obsessed with prostitutes discovers that love is a lot more expensive than sex. A peek into the world of prostitution from the client's point of view.

captive animals, captive people

Ileana Pietrobruno's triumph of mid-vaginal modernism masterfully confronts the surreal nature of societal attitudes towards the female body. Beautifully shot at Riverview Hospital (formerly an insane asylum), the film follows the journey of Scheherazade, a young model attempting to insulate herself from paternalistic and sinister medicalization throught the re-telling of tabloid tales. Replete with lesbians, anorexics, necrophillic undertones and a deluge of menstrual blood, Pietrobruno's febrile fable contains enough raw passion to ignite the sensibilities of even the most faded feminists.

A riff on Mizoguchi's 1936 classic. Penny and Jade are university students. Jade never goes to class because she prefers cruising with her heavy-metal boyfriend. Penny regularly attends French class because she is ambitious to become a European snob. She also has her eyes on the professor's antiques and jewels. While Penny is an opportunist who only appreciates men for their money, Jade is too stupid to know the value of money. In the end, both girls lose out.

A super low-budget, drag king, pirate movie shot on miniDV. Pirates capture a naïve Butch and promise him that if he can find the Queen’s stolen treasure, they will be give him his heart’s desire—the seductive femme Claudia. Soon Butch is sailing on treacherous seas, swept away by dangerous desires where tops are bottomed, pirate captains are seduced by tranny sailors and cross-dressing femmes pack a wallop. With the help of the mysterious Easy and the infamous pirate Captain Candy, can Butch find the treasure in time to restore the natural attraction between butch and femme? Decidedly tongue-in-cheek, this clever tale uses a pastiche of pillaged imagery to lead us into the uncharted oceans of dyke desire. A sweetly perverse fable for drag kings, gender-benders and those who adore them. Music by Amon Tobin

A super low-budget, drag king, pirate movie shot on miniDV. Pirates capture a naïve Butch and promise him that if he can find the Queen’s stolen treasure, they will be give him his heart’s desire—the seductive femme Claudia. Soon Butch is sailing on treacherous seas, swept away by dangerous desires where tops are bottomed, pirate captains are seduced by tranny sailors and cross-dressing femmes pack a wallop. With the help of the mysterious Easy and the infamous pirate Captain Candy, can Butch find the treasure in time to restore the natural attraction between butch and femme? Decidedly tongue-in-cheek, this clever tale uses a pastiche of pillaged imagery to lead us into the uncharted oceans of dyke desire. A sweetly perverse fable for drag kings, gender-benders and those who adore them. Music by Amon Tobin

A super low-budget, drag king, pirate movie shot on miniDV. Pirates capture a naïve Butch and promise him that if he can find the Queen’s stolen treasure, they will be give him his heart’s desire—the seductive femme Claudia. Soon Butch is sailing on treacherous seas, swept away by dangerous desires where tops are bottomed, pirate captains are seduced by tranny sailors and cross-dressing femmes pack a wallop. With the help of the mysterious Easy and the infamous pirate Captain Candy, can Butch find the treasure in time to restore the natural attraction between butch and femme? Decidedly tongue-in-cheek, this clever tale uses a pastiche of pillaged imagery to lead us into the uncharted oceans of dyke desire. A sweetly perverse fable for drag kings, gender-benders and those who adore them. Music by Amon Tobin

"The director of the underground feature 'Cat Swallows Parakeet And Speaks!' turns their eye for stunning metaphoric imagery to the myth of Narcissus." -Out On Screen Festival

"The director of the underground feature 'Cat Swallows Parakeet And Speaks!' turns their eye for stunning metaphoric imagery to the myth of Narcissus." -Out On Screen Festival

"The director of the underground feature 'Cat Swallows Parakeet And Speaks!' turns their eye for stunning metaphoric imagery to the myth of Narcissus." -Out On Screen Festival

A man obsessed with prostitutes discovers that love is a lot more expensive than sex. A peek into the world of prostitution from the client's point of view.

A man obsessed with prostitutes discovers that love is a lot more expensive than sex. A peek into the world of prostitution from the client's point of view.

A man obsessed with prostitutes discovers that love is a lot more expensive than sex. A peek into the world of prostitution from the client's point of view.

captive animals, captive people

captive animals, captive people

captive animals, captive people

Ileana Pietrobruno's triumph of mid-vaginal modernism masterfully confronts the surreal nature of societal attitudes towards the female body. Beautifully shot at Riverview Hospital (formerly an insane asylum), the film follows the journey of Scheherazade, a young model attempting to insulate herself from paternalistic and sinister medicalization throught the re-telling of tabloid tales. Replete with lesbians, anorexics, necrophillic undertones and a deluge of menstrual blood, Pietrobruno's febrile fable contains enough raw passion to ignite the sensibilities of even the most faded feminists.

Ileana Pietrobruno's triumph of mid-vaginal modernism masterfully confronts the surreal nature of societal attitudes towards the female body. Beautifully shot at Riverview Hospital (formerly an insane asylum), the film follows the journey of Scheherazade, a young model attempting to insulate herself from paternalistic and sinister medicalization throught the re-telling of tabloid tales. Replete with lesbians, anorexics, necrophillic undertones and a deluge of menstrual blood, Pietrobruno's febrile fable contains enough raw passion to ignite the sensibilities of even the most faded feminists.

Ileana Pietrobruno's triumph of mid-vaginal modernism masterfully confronts the surreal nature of societal attitudes towards the female body. Beautifully shot at Riverview Hospital (formerly an insane asylum), the film follows the journey of Scheherazade, a young model attempting to insulate herself from paternalistic and sinister medicalization throught the re-telling of tabloid tales. Replete with lesbians, anorexics, necrophillic undertones and a deluge of menstrual blood, Pietrobruno's febrile fable contains enough raw passion to ignite the sensibilities of even the most faded feminists.

A riff on Mizoguchi's 1936 classic. Penny and Jade are university students. Jade never goes to class because she prefers cruising with her heavy-metal boyfriend. Penny regularly attends French class because she is ambitious to become a European snob. She also has her eyes on the professor's antiques and jewels. While Penny is an opportunist who only appreciates men for their money, Jade is too stupid to know the value of money. In the end, both girls lose out.

A riff on Mizoguchi's 1936 classic. Penny and Jade are university students. Jade never goes to class because she prefers cruising with her heavy-metal boyfriend. Penny regularly attends French class because she is ambitious to become a European snob. She also has her eyes on the professor's antiques and jewels. While Penny is an opportunist who only appreciates men for their money, Jade is too stupid to know the value of money. In the end, both girls lose out.

A riff on Mizoguchi's 1936 classic. Penny and Jade are university students. Jade never goes to class because she prefers cruising with her heavy-metal boyfriend. Penny regularly attends French class because she is ambitious to become a European snob. She also has her eyes on the professor's antiques and jewels. While Penny is an opportunist who only appreciates men for their money, Jade is too stupid to know the value of money. In the end, both girls lose out.

A loose retelling of the play 'Ivona, Princess of Burgundia' (1938) by Witold Gombrowicz.

A loose retelling of the play 'Ivona, Princess of Burgundia' (1938) by Witold Gombrowicz.

A loose retelling of the play 'Ivona, Princess of Burgundia' (1938) by Witold Gombrowicz.