TELL ME WHEN YOU DIE explores the juxtapositions between physical limitations and freedom, in both political and corporal contexts. It is about walking until you disappear into space. Being swallowed by sea, sky, or earth and the claustrophobia and intimacy of being surrounded by nature. We consider penetration as a cinematic rhythm, and experiment/perform being penetrated by air, water, fingers, and text. Thinking about porn as a genre which can be empowering or degrading in it’s engagement with women and their bodies, we use our own bodies to picture these extremes, at times our bodies are performing power and at times they are not. We also utilize our bodies in a satirical sense to experiment with presentations of gender, in relation to each other and our surroundings.

Tell Me When You Die excerpt short from Amber Bemak on Vimeo.

Invited screenings:
Doclisboa, Lisbon
Morelia Film Festival
Woman Galore Festival, Dallas
Transmediale, Berlin
XPOSED Queer Film Festival, Berlin
Silver Future, Berlin, Germany
Berlin Porn Film Festival, Berlin, Germany
Vienna Porn Film Festival
Transmutations and Anticipations, Bourges
International Kuir Festival, Bogota
Secret Project Robot, Brooklyn
Filmhuis Cavia, Amsterdam
Muestra Marrana, Mexico City

Selected screenings
European Media Art Festival, Osnabrück, Germany