Changing the Frame

Hosts Leo Torre and Indigo Korres interview Campbell X about his work as a writer and filmmaker. Campbell's work deals with queer memory, desire and Blackness across the African diaspora. He directed the award-winning queer urban romantic comedy feature film STUD LIFE. He also directed the short films Still We Thrive, about Black joy and resistance and DES!RE, about yearning and lust for men,...

Hosts Leo Torre and Indigo Korres interview Cande Lázaro about his work as a filmmaker and photographer based in Cuenca, Spain. Lázaro has produced his own independent short films and photography projects, and is currently working on a feature film project called La Pastora (The Shepherdess). Lázaro's Media Recommendations: - Book: Tríptico del Silencio by Brigitte Vasallo - Series: La Mesías...

Hosts Leo Torre and Indigo Korres interview Sarnt Utamachote about their work as a film curator and filmmaker based in Berlin. Sarnt is the founder of the Thai-German diasporic artists collective un.thai.tled and has programmed for festivals such as Hamburg Short Film Festival and the Xposed Queer Film Festival. Sarnt has also produced their own independent short films and is currently working on...

Hosts Leo Torre and Indigo Korres interview Michael Lee Richardson about their work as a writer and filmmaker based in Glasgow. They have written for TV and films such as Who I am Now (directed by our previous interviewee Jack Goessens) and My Loneliness is Killing me, which won a BAFTA Scotland Award in 2018. Michael’s first funded short film as a director, Just Jackie, has recently entered the f...

Hosts Leo Torre and Indigo Korres interview Bec Penner about their work as an interdisciplinary artist working in film production and exhibition. They utilize film/video, painting, and collage to explore memory/trauma, illness, and connection. Their work is informed by their experience as chronically ill, mad, neurodivergent, Queer, and Jewish, and has been seen in film festivals, exhibitions, and...

Hosts Leo Torre and Indigo Korres interview Autojektor about her work as an experimental filmmaker and visual artist mainly practicing cameraless filmmaking. She has showcased her practice through workshops in spaces such as Camp Trans and her work has been included in the Analog Cookbook, a film publication dedicated to promoting accessibility in celluloid filmmaking. Autojektor's Media Recom...

This is a special episode in which Leo Torre interviews Indigo Korres about her work as a festival director and programme coordinator for the Scottish Queer International Film Festival, as well as her career as a freelance curator. Indigo's Media Recommendations: - Books: Heartstopper, the series by Alice Oseman - Book: Nevada, by Imogen Binnie - Book: Bellies, by Nicola Dinan - TV Show: Sex E...

Hosts Leo Torre and Indigo Korres interview Jessica Bainbridge about her practice as a camera operator. She has done work with MyGenderation films, filmed Brighton Trans Pride and have been a camera trainee for the Stand Up Sketch Show Series on ITV2, which is now available on ITVX. Jessica's Media Recommendations: - Book: Out at the Movies: A History of Gay Cinema by Steven Davies - Film: Sup...

Hosts Indigo Korres and Leo Torre take a moment to reflect back on a whole year of podcasting. They discuss what they have learned, what they have enjoyed and what they want for the podcasts future. Thank you so much for learning about trans and non-binary experiences in the film industries with us during the last year <3 Indigo's media recommendations: - Film: Kokomo City (dir. D. Smith, 2...

Hosts Leo Torre and Indigo Korres interview Hogan Seidel about their practice as an experimental still and moving image artist. Their artistic practice encompasses various mediums, including analog moving image film, photography, sculpture, and new media. Make sure to check out their work here: hoganseidel.com⁠ Hogan's Media Recommendations: - Film: Living Lessons In The Museum Of Order (dir....

Hosts Leo Torre and Indigo Korres interview Nat Lall about their work as a multi-media artist. Nat works with sound art, filmmaking, DJing, curating, tattooing, and many more artistic mediums. Make sure to check out their film Pink Excavation (2018) here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m5nEwnHm16M Nat's media recommendations: - TV Show: I Kissed a Boy - Podcast: Ologies with Alice Ward Make s...

Hosts Leo Torre and Indigo Korres interview Ava Ruah about her work as a projectionist and film curator who programmed the series of screenings Transcendent at the Dundee Contemporary Arts at the end of 2022. As Ava mentioned: "Transcendent for me is an exploration of the ways that people exceed and push past perceived gender and sexual norms. It is about showcasing these expanded and transgr...

Episode Content Warning: Discussions of Eating Disorder, Death, and Gender Dysphoria. Hosts Leo Torre and Indigo Korres interview Callie Rose Petal about her work as an activist, multimedia artist, and noise alchemist, as well as her work as a score composer and main subject on the film What It Means To Be (dir. Léa Luiz de Oliveira, 2023). What It Means To Be is a feature documentary that follows...

Hosts Leo Torre and Indigo Korres interview Milo Clenshaw about his work as Programme Assistant at Alchemy Film & Arts and experience as a freelance film curator. Make sure to check out Alchemy Film and Moving Image Festival from 27-30th April 2023 in Hawick, Scottish Borders. Milo's media recommendations: - Podcast: T.L.C. (aka Tender Loving Care for Trans-Led/Trans-Loved Cinema) - Book:...

Hosts Leo Torre and Indigo Korres interview Chase Joynt and Morgan M. Page about their film Framing Agnes (2022). Framing Agnes: After discovering case files from a 1950s gender clinic, a cast of trans actors turn a talk show inside out to confront the legacy of a young trans woman forced to choose between honesty and access. Chase and Morgan's media recommendations: - Film: Tongues Untied (19...

Hosts Leo Torre and Indigo Korres interview Jack Goessens about their films Everyman (2021) & Who I Am Now (2022) . Everyman is a personal, visual essay about gender transition – focusing on the social context and implications and exploring how the world is different living as female compared to being perceived as male. Jack tells his story by using and reframing gender focused tropes and imag...

Hosts Indigo Korres (she/her) and Leo Torre (he/they) talk about their personal goals as well as podcast goals for the year. They also discuss their favourite queer media from the past year! Make sure to follow the Changing the Frame podcast on instagram: @changingtheframe.podcast Cover art for episode by ⁠⁠@olfdb⁠⁠ .

Hosts Leo Torre and Indigo Korres interview Bea Goddard and Dr. Jack López about their film M(OTHER)HOOD (2021). M(OTHER)HOOD is a short documentary that shows an unfiltered but fragmentary perspective of Jack López – a nonbinary, transmasculine parent of four children, using the children’s art, cinematography, and words to gain privileged access to their domestic sphere. The film is screening as...

Hosts Leo Torre and Indigo Korres interview Lyle Ravi Kash about his film Death and Bowling (2021). Death and Bowling : Based in a fractured, dream-like world, a transgender actor struggles with what it means to be seen after the beloved captain of his lesbian bowling league dies and a mysterious stranger shows up at the funeral.  Check out more of Lyle's work on their website: www.lylekash.co...

Hosts Leo Torre and Indigo Korres interview Elijah Ndoumbe about their film Prayers for Sweet Waters (2021). Prayers for Sweet Waters is a short documentary about three trans sex workers who immerse us in their vivid and personal truths as they face life in Cape Town, South Africa amidst the COVID-19 pandemic. Check out more of Eli's work on their website . Eli's queer media recommendation...

Hosts Leo Torre and Indigo Korres interview Ivor MacAskill and Rosana Cade about their film The Making of Pinocchio (2021). The Making of Pinocchio is a play Ivor and Rosana have been working on for four years. During the pandemic they recorded it at Tramway in Glasgow and have been screening it in film festivals across the UK. The Making of Pinocchio is now on tour and you can check out tour date...

Hosts Leo Torre and Indigo Korres give an intro to the podcast and talk about their favourite queer media!  Make sure to follow the Changing the Frame podcast on instagram: @changingtheframe.podcast Cover art for episode by ⁠@olfdb⁠ .