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Sarah Dean

@savdean.bsky.social

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working-class film writer and programmer, baby-scholar researching queer and trans film aesthetics, slowly waking up

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Sarah Dean @savdean.bsky.social · May 31

received a print copy of my peer-reviewed article on trans non-binary humanoids on-screen today!

digital copy available via EBSCO's Film and Television Index

Photo of a hand holding open a copy of “Humanoids in Transition: Corrupted Binaries, Fluidity, and Embodied In-Between” by Sarah Dean

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Fringe! Queer Film & Arts Fest @fringefilmfest.bsky.social · 28d

Fringe! 2025 kicks off THIS WEEKEND 🚨 🏃

Set the mood for what’s cumming with a peek at our lush trailer 👀

Head to our site to book your tix for all the films featured in the trailer + many more 💙💜💛

Trailer: Stephan Bless
Music kindly provided by: Tom Rasmussen - There’s A Lot To Be Happy About

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Sarah Dean @savdean.bsky.social · Sep 5

If you want a “fun” yet “mildly stressful” experience, I would thoroughly endorse catching a screening of Jaws (1975) in 4DX.

Sarah Dean @savdean.bsky.social · Sep 4

PWYC Tickets are out for this sweet and sentimental shorts programme that I’ll be delivering an intro + Q&A for at Fringe! Queer Film & Arts Fest 2025! Hope to see you there. 🎥 💕

@fringefilmfest.bsky.social

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(be)longings - Rich Mix

Sentimentality, yearnings, and romance bloom across stories of companionship and community. These rhythms run through journeys of self-discovery, missed connections, sapphic staring competitions, and ...

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Fringe! Queer Film & Arts Fest @fringefilmfest.bsky.social · Aug 28

🚨 It’s time! 🚨 you can now get your filthy paws on the 2025 Fringe! programme 💋

We’re back and our 15th edition overflowing with all the queer feels Whatever you’re into, we’re not going to yuck your yum 😋

Explore the programme & book your tix ⬇️

www.fringefilmfest.com/festival-pro...

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Sarah Dean @savdean.bsky.social · Aug 25

fave film firsts
march

playing catch-up!

mystery train (1989)
trust (1990)
orpheus (1950)
o, persecuted (2014)

Mystery Train (1989) - a Japanese guy and a girl look out into the distance, the guy is styled with a 1950’s quiff and the girl is wearing pale skin toned lipstick

Trust (1990) a blonde girl is sitting down next to a brown haired man standing while smoking a cigarette

Orpheus (1950) a man is lying on the sandy ground and his reflection is seen in the puddle his face sits next to

O, Persecuted (2014) a hand is painting over a projected film with black paint

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Hannah Strong @hannahstrong.co.uk · Aug 18

The LFF Critics' Support Fund - helping low income journalists to attend the London Film Festival due to a lack of institutional support - is back for a third year! Find out more and apply here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

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Sarah Dean @savdean.bsky.social · Jul 16

We have fun here.

An AI generated response for how to manifest an email.

Sarah Dean @savdean.bsky.social · Jun 7

I will be delivering a paper at @rolesbham.bsky.social on Monday about trans spatialities and temporalities in the unlikely locus of the laundrette 💜 🏳️‍⚧️ 🧺

ROLES Sexuality & Gender Studies Network @rolesbham.bsky.social · Jun 3

Reminder that registration for our conference is now open 🥳 Go to tinyurl.com/ROLES-2025 to register and join us for a wonderful day of presentations!

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Sarah Dean @savdean.bsky.social · Jun 1

Can anyone recommend some side-reading to accompany my introduction to Douglas Sirk? I’m distracted by the Freud of it all.

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Sarah Dean @savdean.bsky.social · May 31

Last night I watched In The Mood for Love (2000) for the first time, a 35mm print at The Prince Charles (classic). Couldn’t help but notice some parallels in both the theme and visuals with Umbrellas (1964) — fitting given the period of Hong Kong history Wong Kar-wai hones in on.

Sarah Dean @savdean.bsky.social · May 31

received a print copy of my peer-reviewed article on trans non-binary humanoids on-screen today!

digital copy available via EBSCO's Film and Television Index

Sarah Dean @savdean.bsky.social · Apr 30

Ah, wild. My piece for the journal Film Matters 15.3 is out!

This was adapted for an UG paper of mine, in which I trans David Bowie and Scarlett Johansson’s alien humanoid characters. Realised with the support of Professor Rosalind Galt. Available here:

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Sarah Dean @savdean.bsky.social · Mar 29

Enjoyed presenting my research on the shift towards trans autoethnographies in non-fiction filmmaking and trans archival practices for #baftss2025

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Sarah Dean @savdean.bsky.social · Mar 27

It was lovely to learn about your research on the forest as allegory today and share the panel with you Tugce !

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Sarah Dean @savdean.bsky.social · Mar 21

Pleased to share that I’ll be presenting my research on Latin American trans ethnographies at @baftss.bsky.social
conference on Global Aesthetics next week, a right of passage and an honour!

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Sarah Dean @savdean.bsky.social · Mar 16

Tonally incoherent week of film viewing

Sarah Dean @savdean.bsky.social · Mar 9

Slow month for everything, especially my brain. So here’s a drawing of a dog I came across the other day:

Sarah Dean @savdean.bsky.social · Mar 4

Made a lil Letterboxd list for films that exemplify when girlhood is constructed through the male-gaze 🎀

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Girlhood Under the Male Gaze 🎀

In this list of films the male gaze is prevalent either textually, extra-textually, or both. Girlhood is therefore how girls are seen by males and how their habits, fascinations, routines, and collect...

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Sarah Dean @savdean.bsky.social · Mar 3

favourite film firsts
feb

chungking express (1994)
hiroshima mon amour (1959)
queer (2024)

can’t find a fourth for this month that wouldn’t feel disingenuous

Sarah Dean @savdean.bsky.social · Mar 3

favourite film firsts
jan

12 angry men (1957)
high life (2018)
killers of the flower moon (2023)
a real pain (2024)

12 Angry Men: 10 men in suits stare off camera with judgement

High Life: Robert Pattinson is holding a baby in a garden

Killers of the Flower Moon: Lilly Gladstone is surrounded by three other Osage women holding fans

A Real Pain: Kieran Culkin is hugging Jesse Eisenberg at the airport

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Sarah Dean @savdean.bsky.social · Feb 7

We’re giving, “u k hun?” over here

Sarah Dean @savdean.bsky.social · Feb 2

This is reassuring and comforting 💜 I definitely improve a bit as I move through any presenting but it’s tough to get over the initial hurdle. Thanks for the advice, you’re such a seasoned pro!

Sarah Dean @savdean.bsky.social · Feb 2

I’m also a word-for-word script person so this advice is all very helpful, thank you!! Now to just overcome the physical shaking problem…

Sarah Dean @savdean.bsky.social · Feb 1

Ahh I will be delivering my research at a conference in March. Any advice on this is appreciated!!

Sarah Dean @savdean.bsky.social · Jan 23

What do you mean I have a headache? I’ve only had three consecutive cups of tea.

a black and white photo of a man drinking a cup of tea

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