Framing Agnes
{{Short description|2022 Canadian film}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=October 2024}}
{{Infobox film
| name = Framing Agnes
| image = Framing Agnes poster.jpg
| caption = Film poster
| director = Chase Joynt
| producer = Samantha Curley
Shant Joshi
Brooke Sebold
| writer = Chase Joynt
Morgan M. Page
| starring = Angelica Ross
Zackary Drucker
Jen Richards
Max Wolf Valerio
Silas Howard
Stephen Ira
| music =
| cinematography = Aubree Bernier-Clarke
| editing = Cecilio Escobar
Brooke Sebold
| studio = Fae Pictures
Level Ground
| distributor =
| runtime = 75 minutes
| released = {{film date|2022|01|22|Sundance}}
| country = Canada
| language = English
| budget =
| gross = $48,147{{Cite Box Office Mojo |id=11513696 |title= Framing Agnes (2022) |access-date=March 27, 2023}}{{Cite The Numbers |id=Framing-Agnes-(2022-Canada) |title= Framing Agnes (2022) |access-date=March 27, 2023}}
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Framing Agnes is a 2022 Canadian documentary film, directed by Chase Joynt.{{Cite news |last=Sharp |first=Morgan |date=January 31, 2022 |title=Toronto filmmaker Chase Joynt on framing Agnes |work=Toronto Star |url=https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2022/01/31/toronto-filmmaker-chase-joynt-on-framing-agnes.html}} An examination of transgender histories, the film centres on Joynt and a cast of transgender actors reenacting various case studies from Harold Garfinkel's work with transgender clients at the University of California, Los Angeles.{{Cite news |last=Warner |first=Shayna Maci |date=January 30, 2022 |title=The Intriguing Ideas and Rich Source Material of Framing Agnes Are Obscured by Its Own Meta |work=Paste |url=https://www.pastemagazine.com/movies/sundance-2022/framing-agnes-review/}}
Synopsis
The film explores the concept of the trans icon. It uses a hybrid format, combining scholarly analysis with clips based on archived interviews, filmed with transgender actors.
Background
Cast
The cast includes Angelica Ross, Zackary Drucker, Jen Richards, Max Wolf Valerio, Silas Howard and Stephen Ira.{{Cite news |last=Knegt |first=Peter |date=January 28, 2022 |title=The extraordinary new film Framing Agnes interrogates how trans stories are told — and by whom |work=CBC News |url=https://www.cbc.ca/arts/the-extraordinary-new-film-framing-agnes-interrogates-how-trans-stories-are-told-and-by-whom-1.6330162}}
Release and reception
The film premiered at the 2022 Sundance Film Festival, where Joynt won both the Audience Award and the Innovator Prize in the NEXT program.{{Cite web |last=Townsend |first=Kelly |date=January 31, 2022 |title=Framing Agnes wins two prizes at Sundance |url=https://playbackonline.ca/2022/01/31/framing-agnes-wins-two-prizes-at-sundance/ |access-date= |website=Playback}} In a critical review in Paste, Shayna Maci Warner wrote, "As a cinematic experience, the film feels pulled in several directions, formally incomplete and jagged." IndieWire's review was similarly mixed, commenting negatively on the high proportion of academic content in the documentary, making it "feel more a history class than a story."{{Cite web |last=Dry |first=Jude |date=January 28, 2022 |title='Framing Agnes' Review: High Concept Trans Documentary Is Too Meta for Its Own Good |url=https://www.indiewire.com/2022/01/framing-agnes-review-trans-documentary-1234694724/ |access-date=February 20, 2022 |website=IndieWire |language=en}}
The film was longlisted for the Jean-Marc Vallée DGC Discovery Award,{{Cite web |date=September 11, 2022 |title=Jean-Marc Vallée DGC Discovery Award Long List Drops at Visionaries |url=https://ca.movies.yahoo.com/jean-marc-vall-e-dgc-160000742.html |access-date= |website=Yahoo! Movies |language=en-CA |archive-date=September 29, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220929141841/https://ca.movies.yahoo.com/jean-marc-vall-e-dgc-160000742.html |url-status=dead }} and shortlisted for the DGC Allan King Award for Best Documentary Film at the 2022 Directors Guild of Canada awards.{{Cite web |last=Vlessing |first=Etan |date=September 23, 2022 |title=DGC Awards: 'Nightmare Alley,' 'Crimes of the Future,' 'Night Raiders' Lead Nominees |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/nightmare-alley-crimes-of-the-future-night-raiders-nominees-dgc-awards-2022-1235226138/ |access-date= |website=The Hollywood Reporter |language=en-US}}
{{RT prose|80|7.4|40|Framing Agnes may be frustratingly uneven as a work of cinematic storytelling, but that's often outweighed by its thoughtful expansion of established historical narrative.}}{{Cite Rotten Tomatoes |id=framing_agnes_2022 |title=Framing Agnes|type=m |access-date=June 17, 2023}} {{Metacritic film prose |score=69 |count=9}}{{Cite Metacritic |id=framing-agnes |title= Framing Agnes |type=movie|access-date=February 14, 2023}}
References
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External links
- {{IMDb title|11513696}}
- {{rottentomatoes|framing_agnes_2022}}
{{GLAAD Media Award for Outstanding Documentary}}
Category:2022 documentary films
Category:2022 independent films
Category:2022 LGBTQ-related films
Category:Transgender-related documentary films
Category:Canadian films based on actual events
Category:Sundance Film Festival award–winning films
Category:LGBTQ-related films based on actual events
Category:2020s English-language films
Category:Canadian LGBTQ-related documentary films