By Hook or by Crook
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AUSTRALIAN 4K PREMIERE - PRESENTED WITH PINK FLAMINGO CINEMA
Overview
By Hook or by Crook chronicles three weeks in the life of a handsome, gender-bending, small town dreamer with a nagging messiah complex. Emotionally defeated after the death of his father, Shy (Silas Howard) heads to the big city to sink himself into a "life of crime." He is quickly distracted by Valentine (Harry Dodge), a deliriously expressive, wise-acre adoptee on a misguided search for her birthmother. The two freaky grifters join forces and learn the true meaning of "poise under pressure" in this visually stunning and wonderfully acted, anti-authoritarian tale of friendship, trust and redemption.
“Groundbreaking when it premiered back in 2001, and it still feels just as fresh and original today”
“One of the best queer films of this century”
Why You Should See This Film
By Hook or by Crook is a trans-butch queer classic indie film, groundbreaking when it was made and still fiercely innovative today. The film was an immediate sensation upon its premiere at Frameline in 2001 and Sundance in 2002, galvanizing audiences of all stripes with its never-before-seen portrayal of two working-class, trans/butch buddy grifters willfully existing on the margins of society.
First Films
First Films, founded in 2022, is a film festival dedicated to introducing Sydney audiences to new daring debut films never screened in Sydney before. Beginning in 2024, the festival also started showcasing significant retrospective debuts. First Films aims to challenge, inspire, and entertain. Now celebrating its fifth edition, First Films will take place in 2026, October 27th to November 1st at Golden Age Cinema & Bar and Sydney Opera House.
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