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‘F—toys’ Multi-Hyphenate Annapurna Sriram Talks Non-Binary Co-Star’s Passport Scare & “Rebellious Nature” Of Her SXSW Winner
Writer, director and actress Annapurna Sriram's celluloid fever dream 'F—toys' has won over audiences at SXSW.
With her feature directorial debut Fucktoys, which won the fest’s Special Jury Award for a Multi-Hyphenate, Sriram told Deadline she hopes to make right-wing audiences “accidentally fall in love” with her queer and diverse cast of characters. And I think that American cinema is yearning for this irreverent, playful, fun movie that isn’t so self-serious, but that is also bringing marginalized voices to the forefront, without needing to make it a PSA. And I felt like, if it was shot on film, it would have that feeling of if someone found this, like it was buried and then someone discovered this footage, it was like this sort of, “Oh my gosh, look at this crazy movie that was made who knows when.” But I really visually wanted it to be like a kaleidoscope of beautiful images.
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