Production and creative direction by Stefan Fae
Associate production/conception by Thomas Strong and Andrew Leavitt
Co-directed by Noel Donnellon and Luke Faulkner
Sound by Matthew Thompson
I was asked by Stefan Fae to collaborate on Shame // Less as co director alongside Noel Donnellon, I also edited the film and designed it’s poster.
Shame // Less (2021)
From SPICEBAG co-creator Stefan Fae, Shame // Less creatively responds to the findings of “Culture and Sexual Risk: An Ethnographic Analysis of Gay Male ‘Sexual Worlds’ in Ireland Today” which was funded by an Irish Research Council COALESCE/Sexual Health and Crisis Pregnancy Programme Award (PI: Thomas Strong, Maynooth University).
Shot in Dublin’s iconic Boilerhouse sauna, Shame // Less transports the viewer on a kaleidoscopic cruise of Dublin’s queer underbelly, featuring the scintillating talents of Lady K, Karl Hayden, Luis Noguera, Pradeep Mahadeshwar, Goblins Goblins Goblins, Vickey Curtis, Day Magee, Attracta Tension, Osaro and Meg Woods. Shame // Less invites you to peer through the glory hole of a post-Marriage Equality, post-Repeal, post-Twink answering machine message world and to see if you like it like that. Does that feel good? How about there? Careful now, you might even enjoy it.
FEATURING THE TALENTS OF
Lady K, Karl Hayden, Luis Noguera, Pradeep Mahadeshwar, Goblins Goblins Goblins, Vickey Curtis, Day Magee, Attracta Tension, Osaro and Meg Woods.
ACCOLADES
Screened at GAZE Film Festival 2021
Accompanied by a Q&A in association with GCN, which can be viewed above.