Dix Pix is a short animated documentary that looks at the gay male/trans/non-binary body and why it is common for people to send naked pictures via dating apps. The documentary takes an experimental approach in its visual style and tackles themes of masculinity, queerness, solitude and the body.

Gay dating and hookup apps such as Grindr have changed the way gay people communicate when looking for a partner. In Dix Pix we examine the need for the male (and other genders who have a penis) body to be exposed in order to gather attention through dating apps. Dix Pix uses evocative animation, provocative imagery and visceral voice-overs that contain words filled with passion, excitement and humour.

Themes

With Dix Pix I have created a short experimental documentary that highlights the issues around bodies that have a penis and why naked images are sent to one another. Through the expressive visual style and the inventive method of researching through Grindr, I look at themes of Mental Health, Body Image, Queer Sex, Communication and Sex Education. Dix Pix presents these themes in an exciting, beautiful, passionate and intriguing way.

Screenings

VideoPride, Madrid, Spain – 04/07/2019
Last Frame Smart Phone Film Festival, London England – 28/09/2019
Scottish Queer International Film Festival – Glasgow, Scotland – 05/10/2019
Luststreifen Film Festival – Basel, Switzerland – 06/10/2019
Iris Prize, Cardiff, Wales – 13/10/2019
Lausanne Underground Film and Music Festival, Lausanne, Switzerland – 18/10/2019
Hamburg International Queer Film Festival, Hamburg, Germany – 20/10/2019
Fringe! Queer Film Festival, London, England – 15/11/2019
MicroActs, London, England – 21/11/2019
Festival Chéries-Chéris, Paris France – 22/11/2019
Porny Days Film Art Festival, Zurich, Switzerland – 28/11/2019
International Queer Film Festival Merlinka, Belgrade, Serbia – 08/12/2019
MiMo – Milano Mobile Film Festival 3rd Edition, Milan, Italy – 28/12/2019
Pink Life Queerfest, Ankara, Turkey – 23/01/2020
Film With Pride, Liverpool, England – 27/01/2020
Pride Queer Film Festival, Perth, Australia – 04/03/2020
Melbourne Queer Film Festival, Melbourne, Australia – 12/03/2020
Roze Filmdage LGBT Film Festival,  Amsterdam, Netherlands – 12/03/2020
Queer Art(ists) Now Exhibition, London, England – 13/03/2020 – 22/03/2020
Queergestreift Filmfestival, Konstanz, Germany – 17/03/2020
Leeds Queer Film Festival, Leeds, England – 23/04/2020 (delayed due to COVID-19)
Hacker Porn Film Festival, Rome, Italy – 28/04/2020 (delayed due to COVID-19)
Festival Dominio Pubblico 2020, Rome, Italy (online) – 24/07/2020
Queer Contemporaries, Air Gallery, Altrincham, England – 27/08/2020 – 19/09/2020
Kreives – Vilnius Queer Film Festival 2020, Vilnius, Lithuania – 09/09/2020
Out & Loud – Pune International Queer Film Festival, Pune, India – 14/09/2020
boyOHboy Films Marathon 2020, Paris, France – 16/10/2020
Shanghai Queer Film Festival, Shanghai, China –09/10/2020
Giornate di Cinema Queer, Rome, Italy – 09/10/2020
35th Lovers Film Festival, Turin, Italy – 22/10/2020
Berlin Porn Film Festival, Berlin, Germany – 23/10/2020
Melbourne Queer Film Festival, Melbourne, Australia – Online November 2020
Cineq Birmingham, Birmingham, England – 05/11/2020
Pink Screens, Brussels, Belgium – 12/11/2020
Festival Internacional de Cine con Medios Alternativos (FICMA), Mexico City, Mexico – 01/12/2020
TLVFest – The Tel Aviv International LGBT Film Festival, Tel Aviv, Israel – 12/11/2020
36th Gay Film Festival Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany – 06/12/2020
Reelout Queer Film Festival, Kingston, Canada – 03/02/2021
OGA (S)exhibition, Rome, Italy – 03/05/2021 – 21/05/2021
La Fête du Slip’s 2021, Lausanne, Switzerland – 13/05/2021
Neurodivergent Film Festival – Online 2020 – 10/07/2021 – Winner Free Form Category
DIAMETRALE 2021 Film Festival, Innsbruck, Austria –  14/07/2021
Pink Screens, Brussels, Belgium – 12/11/2021
Hacker Porn Film Festival, Rome Italy – 02/12/2021
Mondo Bizzarro, Berlin, Germany – 09/12/2021
Porn.Film.Fest Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria – 17/03/2022
Brussels Porn Film Festival, Brussels, Belgium – 21/04/2022
Pan Eros Film Festival, Seattle, United States – 28/04/2022
Leeds Queer Film Festival, Leeds, England – 20/05/2022
Diversions Festival, Bologna, Italy – 18/02/2023
Homo Homour, Festival, Folkstone, England – 19/02/2023