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Unsound.
The Australian film is set at the intersection of the queer and deaf/hearing impaired community. The romance revolves around Noah, a queer musician, and Finn, a transgender man who runs a community centre for the deaf, featuring an amazing cast including Reece Noi from Game of Thrones as well as well-known Aussie actors Paula Duncan, Todd McKenny and Christine Anu.
The film will have a Perth screening on at The Backlot.
Graeme began by asking what does the Venn diagram that shows the intersection of the queer and deaf communities look like.
Yiana Pandelis, a young Australian Greek actress who is profoundly deaf is the leading actress in the recently released Australian independent film “Unsound” and she confounds many stereotypes in this challenging role.
“Unsound “, a film by Wise Goat Productions, challenges a host of preconceptions. In it Ms Pandelis plays Finn, a deaf young emerging trans man who is an Auslan -only speaker. Finn runs a night club for the deaf with his father (Todd McKenney). The story focusses on the relationship between Ms Pandelis’ character Finn and disillusioned musician Noah (Reece Noi who appeared in “Game of Thrones”).
To be the lead actress in any feature-length film is a big responsibility but “Unsound” also challenges conceptions of gender-identity, sexuality and disability. The demands of the role were a challenge that Ms Pandelis proved more than capable of meeting.