'Empress ClawScream' Trailer
Empress ClawScream - Short Film Directed by Stephen T Lally - Trailer.
Set in the early 1990s against a backdrop of riot-grrrl feminism and nerdy sci-fi fandoms, Empress ClawScream is a playful, whimsical, and surreal lesbian rom-com that is an ode to both young love and joyful Queer representation.
Empress ClawScream began life as an extensive catalogue of concept artwork and photography by Stephen T Lally - which he created in order to establish the world within a world of its fictional cartoon series and characters. The project soon blossomed into a film concept.
The Empress ClawScream short film was completed at the end of 2022 and was selected to Festival Formulas slate - where it began its film festival journey worldwide. So far, it has won BEST SCI-FI FILM at the Berlin Short Film Festival and BEST HAIR & MAKE-UP at the British Short Film Awards. It has screened at numerous international film festivals including the BIFA-qualifying Beeston Festival (where it was nominated for both BEST IN PRIDE and BEST IN FESTIVAL), the Academy Award-qualifying deadCenter, the British Council-listed Poppy Jasper International Film Festival, the Melbourne Queer Film Festival, the Leeds Queer Film Festival, and QFest St Louis.
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