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Erica Monde
Filmmaker
Researcher
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Director
01 There’s Not Much We Can Do
02 This Desert Will Rust Your Bones
03 The Muscle Knows Better Than To Wait
04 I Was Born In The Month Of The Moon
05 You Shouldn’t Be Able To See The Mountains
06 A Portrait of The Pacific Composed of Images of The Mediterranean 
07 How I Assemble My Body From Many Parts

Story Consultant
08 The Flowers Stand Silently, Witnessing

Producer
09 The Place Between Was and Will Be
10 M(other)hood
11 What Remains
Erica Monde
Filmmaker, Researcher
Co-founder of IMPRINT Documentary Collective
@imprint.documentaries
@erica.monde

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The Muscle Knows Better Than To Wait

Short Documentary
2025

United Kingdom


A meditation on the embodiment of queer and trans power through an intimate portrait of an LGBTQ+ weightlifting club in Sheffield.

Directed and Edited by: Erica Monde
Producer: Erica Monde
Cinematographer: Emma Langguth

Developed, Supported and Executive Produced by Sheffield DocFest and Amazon Prime for the Sheffield DocFest filmmaker challenge 2025.

Festival selections and screenings:

WORLD PREMIERE – Sheffield DocFest, June 2025 (UK)