SYNOPSIS

Director｜Ramon Watkins

Screenwriter｜Ramon Watkins

Cast｜Adolfo Aranjuez, Alis Magonezos, Michelle Young, Bailee-Rose Farnham, Isabella Mulholland, Sumarlinah Winoto, Steve Samuel, Ogemdi Ude, James, MacDonald, Matt Benson

Producer｜Stephanie Westwood

Cinematographer｜Alice Stephens

Genre｜Experimental short documentary

Length｜5min

Year｜2018

Dialogue｜No dialogue

Subtitles｜None

Region｜Australia

Production Company｜Eye Sea Films

Synopsis

A collection of true experiences on dating apps from the Australian queer community, explored through dance and animation.

Director Biography

Ramon works across three disciplines: screenwriting, directing and editing. Building on a Bachelor of Film & TV and a Masters of Screenwriting, he has spent 8 years in the industry developing and contributing to narrative, documentary and commercial projects for film, TV and web, always lead by a passion for dramatic storytelling.

Ramon made his ABC iView debut in 2018 with the short documentary Dances, exploring queer experiences through dance and animation, inspired by his own use of apps like Grindr. The project screened at prestigious festivals internationally, and earned him QueerScreen’s Emerging Queer Filmmaker Award.

Ramon’s passion for dramatic structure made his first foray into long-form editing a success, with the documentary Camino Skies earning him a nomination for Best Feature Editing at DocEdge 2019. After a successful theatrical run, becoming the No.1 documentary in New Zealand for 2019, it was released on Amazon Prime in the UK and Ireland.

In January 2020, Ramon was selected for the inaugural In Dreams Fellowship, off the back of his pilot script Daddies, an irreverent take on gay fatherhood. Through the fellowship he was able to develop the script further, and was subsequently accepted into Impact Australia 2 with the project.

Ramon is currently developing concepts for television, and consistently cutting commercial content around Melbourne. When he’s not working, he loves to bash around on the piano and talk at length about Whitney Houston to anyone who will listen.

Director’s Statement

NONE