Currently on the festival circuit.
A queer narrative art film based on the historical figure Elagabalus – emperor of Rome.
The story is told through a chorus of eccentric drag performers, tableaux vivants, and a musical number. The film culminates in a recreation of The Roses of Heliogabalus (1888) by Lawrence Alma-Tadema, in which a decadent feast is ended with death by suffocation from a cavalcade of rose petals.
CinefestOZ 2020
St Kilda Film Festival 2021
| Story | Xanthe Dobbie & Sam Herriman |
|---|---|
| Writer | Sam Herriman |
| Director & Editor | Xanthe Dobbie |
| Producer | Alexis Talbot-Smith |
| Production Designers | Lily Bennett & Max Boutwell Draper |
| Cinematographer | Sidat de Silva |
| Composer | Jorde Heys |
