A Pentagram For the Narrative

A Pentagram For the Narrative

Hollis Frampton wrote about "his" "friend" waking up happy as a girl, then miserable as a boy...

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Release Date

8/26/2026

Runtime

15 mins

Genres

Overview

Adapting an unpublished screenplay by Hollis Frampton, Charli explores and challenges the perceptions of trans women at their most intensely dysphoric.

Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

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Revenue

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A formally challenging short that looks directly at the texture of dysphoria without flinching or resolving it. The film makes you sit with discomfort as a means of understanding.

Mood

UnsettlingContemplativeMelancholic

Themes

IdentityGender

Tone

Earnest

Pacing

Meditative

Look

Formalist

Structure

Nonlinear

Heads up

Body horror

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