2024 Iris Prize
Ready for Ransom
A biographical film about a so-called “conversion-therapy”, a belated filmic obituary, a meditation on loss and love, and a reflection on the filmmaker’s friendship with the late protagonist.
DIRECTOR:
Simon Dickel
PRODUCER:
Simon Dickel
WRITER:
Simon Dickel
RELEASE YEAR:
2022
Germany, 16 mins
Ffilm fywgraffiadol am “therapi trosi” fel y’i gelwir, cofiant ffilmig hwyr, myfyrdod ar golled a chariad, a myfyrdod ar gyfeillgarwch y gwneuthurwr ffilm gyda’r prif gymeriad diweddar.
Simon Dickel is working in the field of cultural studies. Among his film-related publications is the German book Queer Cinema, which he co-edited in 2018.
Mae Simon Dickel yn gweithio ym maes astudiaethau diwylliannol. Ymhlith ei gyhoeddiadau sy’n gysylltiedig â ffilm mae’r llyfr Almaeneg Queer Cinema, a gyd-olygodd yn 2018.
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