Underground Morphology

Director:Sidka S. Vera

Screenwriter:Sidka S. Vera

Cast:Lest Skeleton, OrkGotik, The Miss Aneris, Sidka, Quena Vera, Kalo, Morgana Autumn

Producer:Constanza Schmidt, Sidka S. Vera

Cinematographer:Luca Monzón

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Language:Spanish

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SYNOPSIS

Through Sidka’s perspective, the film explores the underground world of Buenos Aires, where Club Kids defy conventions with their unique art and style. In this fascinating journey, Sidka discovers his identity as he immerses himself in a vibrant community of performers and creators. The story not only reveals his acceptance as a trans masculine individual, but also his personal transition, marked by deep connections and transformations that lead him to his true self. 

Director Biography

Sidka Saavedra Vera, born in Santiago de Chile 1998, is a transgender filmmaker of Palestinian descent. Since 2017, he has been based in Buenos Aires, where he pursued a degree in Film Direction at the Universidad del Cine. His practice centers on documentary filmmaking, sound design, and experimental approaches to audiovisual narrative. He stood out for his sound direction in Fático (BAFICI 2020) and in the feature-length hybrid-documentary Tierra Citrus (Special Mention at Festival de Cine de las Alturas, 2025). Sidka currently serves as a teaching assistant in the third-year class Técnicas Audiovisuales II at Universidad del Cine, under the guidance of documentary filmmakers Roberto Barandalla and Hugo Manso. He is also occasionally invited to give special lectures on experimental cinema at NYU Buenos Aires in Federico Windhausen’s class.

Director's Statement

When I started filming, I didn’t know why—I just knew I needed to film. I had this visceral necessity to find something through my lens. As time passed, the distance between my camera and the world I was capturing grew smaller, until without noticing it, I became part of that underground scene. Meeting all of these creatures made me understand what I was looking for, and that was myself. It was not an easy path, but I finally found my place in the world and the acceptance I needed, as a Chilean-Palestinian transgender boy living in Buenos Aires. Without filming, this wouldn’t have been possible. This project is not only about telling a story, but about building memory. Through cinema, we are leaving a trace of our existences, our transitions, our alliances, our battles. It is a film that takes a stand from the personal, the political, and the poetic—a document of survival and a celebration of becoming.

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