Join us for a screening of Samira Elagoz and Z Walsh’s award-winning short film and a subsequent artist talk in Kino Olympia!
You can’t get what you want but you can get me is a unique, award-winning short film documenting two long-haired transmasculine artists falling in love. Over the course of one year, Samira Elagoz and Z Walsh gathered a series of photographs and screenshots from real-life events such as their first kiss, meeting each other’s parents, long-distance thirst traps, a staged wedding, and top surgery and its subsequent recovery.
The final result is a sweet and steamy celebration of T4T love with life and art all tangled up.
“There is one work that I’d want everyone to see right now. The video work manages to reach and capture something about youth, love, and life that you rarely come across.”
– Sanna Lipponen / Helsingin Sanomat
“Irreverent and yet deeply felt, a refreshing love story centering trans joy that’s hot and intimate like a spit in the mouth.”
– Camden Film Festival Jury
Content warnings:
Nudity, blood, surgery.
Samira Elagoz is a Finnish/Egyptian transmasculine artist. He has toured in various international film, visual art, and performance contexts, and won several awards, including Silver Lion at the Venice Biennale Teatro in 2022. Elagoz combines performance art and film, creating his unique brand of “docu-fiction”.
Z Walsh is a Brooklyn-based transmasculine artist focusing on photography. Z is known for his raw, intimate depictions of his subjects and himself. He has produced and photographed unique campaigns for brands such as Milk Makeup and Calvin Klein and photographed many renowned artists like trans icon McKenzie Wark. Throughout his work, Z is dedicated to elevating trans voices and combating transmasculine erasure.
Director, concept, edit, camera: Samira Elagoz & Z Walsh
Supported by: Fonds Podiumkunsten, Suomen Taiteilijaseura, Arsenic Contemporary Performing Arts Center, Koneen Säätiö, Uudenmaan Kulttuurirahasto, Victoria Olt Gallery, Nuoret23