BEAUTIFUL THEY

A short film by Cloudy Rhodes

2021, 11mins

World Premiere 2021 Tribeca Film Festival

Winner Best Direction in a Short Film, 2021 Australian Directors Guild Awards

Nominee Best Short Form Drama, 2021 AACTA Awards

Blue, young and gender-queer, awakens through a dusty morning, binding their breasts, and smoking a joint as they watch the world from their window. A chance encounter with party girl Violet leads the pair to the ocean, where Blue watches her take to the waves in a daringly beautiful exhibition of soul-surfing. BEAUTIFUL THEY is a youthful, visually charged, non-binary love story; a queer surf-romance about the nuance of gender, and the refuge found in being truly seen.

Written and directed by Cloudy Rhodes

Produced by Ella Millard

With Morgan Davies and Sariah Saibu

Executive Producers Alexandra Burke, Lisa Shaunessy, Samantha Lang, Liana Cornell

Production Company Boobook Media

Distribution Company Arcadia Films

Cinematography by Jordan Maddocks

Edited by Stewart Arnott

Original Score by Freya Berkhout

Sound Design by Simon Rosenberg

Production and Costume Design by Emma White

Hair and Make Up Design by Gillian Campbell