YOU CAN’T GET WHAT YOU WANT BUT YOU CAN GET ME (2024)
SAMIRA ELAGOZ & Z WALSH
WORLD PREMIERE: IFFR, INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL ROTTERDAM
INTERNATIONAL PREMIERE: HOT DOCS, TORONTO
In the permanent collection of The Finnish National Gallery
11.1.2024 - 11.1.2025 Installation @ Kiasma Contemporary Art Museum
SYNOPSIS
A unique slideshow documenting two long-haired trans men falling in love. Over the course of one year, the artist couple gathered photographs 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. A sweet and steamy celebration of T4T love with life and art all tangled up.
Director, concept, edit, camera: Samira Elagoz & Z Walsh
PRESS / REVIEWS
“A highlight from the program” - Slant Magazine
“The top15 short films at IFFR - the humility of this queer DIY and the power that these intimate and rare images take on on the big screen make this documentary vignette one of the emotional peaks of this edition.”” - Polyester Magazine
“Samira and Z made a hyper-intimate film about budding trans love” - VICE
“I was so touched that I passed out” - HBL
“There is one piece that I would like everyone to see right now. It's You can't get what you want but you can get me (2023) by Samira Elagoz and Z Walsh . The video work manages to reach and record something about youth, love and life that you rarely come across. — If you have followed contemporary art closely in recent years, themes such as care and identity may already seem too familiar and repetitive. Therefore it's a small miracle in itself, how these themes come across from Elagoz and Walsh's work so fresh, direct and powerful.” - Helsingin Sanomat
