https://ericamonde.cargo.site Erica Monde Mon, 16 Mar 2026 09:46:02 +0000 https://ericamonde.cargo.site en https://ericamonde.cargo.site/Home Sat, 09 Jan 2021 22:54:31 +0000 Erica Monde https://ericamonde.cargo.site/Home https://ericamonde.cargo.site/01 Thu, 04 Jan 2024 19:45:04 +0000 Erica Monde https://ericamonde.cargo.site/01 <img width="4480" height="2520" width_o="4480" height_o="2520" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ddf958f2e6ce2049bccf87b1943272b9734e25f2febd95af76fdcb33f60fce0c/Screenshot-2024-09-22-at-18.15.39.png" data-mid="227133850" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/ddf958f2e6ce2049bccf87b1943272b9734e25f2febd95af76fdcb33f60fce0c/Screenshot-2024-09-22-at-18.15.39.png" />This desert will rust your bones Short fiction film 2026 United Kingdom&nbsp;In post production By night, Ainsley works at a deafening factory by the sea, struggling to drown out the relentless metallic sounds their body makes with each movement. When their new co-worker Simon arrives, Ainsley’s solitary existence is upended. This Desert Will Rust Your Bones is a surrealist exploration of transmasculinity and the transformative power of being understood, even in the most barren of places. Written and directed by: Erica Monde Produced by: Clara Harris Cinematography: Rosie Taylor Developed, Supported and Executive Produced by Short Circuit, BFI Network and Screen Scotland https://shortcircuit.scot/sharp-shorts-2023-awardees-announced/ https://ericamonde.cargo.site/02-1 Fri, 27 Feb 2026 14:26:11 +0000 Erica Monde https://ericamonde.cargo.site/02-1 <img width="378" height="449" width_o="378" height_o="449" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/8d3e374b70a00f7b3dd8c07efec0e655e15f665ec74a9e114dd52ed2e9e181cf/Piccadilly_Circus_1972.jpg" data-mid="245393969" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/378/i/8d3e374b70a00f7b3dd8c07efec0e655e15f665ec74a9e114dd52ed2e9e181cf/Piccadilly_Circus_1972.jpg" /> First International Symposium on Gender Identity, London, 1969 Short hybrid documentary 2027 United Kingdom&nbsp;In production The First International Symposium on Gender Identity, London, 1969 is a trans-led, hybrid docu-comedy utilising the process of verbatim cinema to reclaim early trans medical archives. Working in collaboration with trans actors, comedians, and drag artists, the film rescripts archival audio recordings from the first medical conference on transgender medicine in 1960’s London. The First International Symposium on Gender Identity, London, 1969 acts as a subversive reclamation of the medical archive, exposing historical power imbalances still present in transgender healthcare today. Written and directed by: Erica Monde Produced by: Clara Harris, Nadja Lapcevic Developed, Supported and Executive Produced by BFI Doc Society Made of Truth Fund: https://bfi.docsociety.org/film/the-first-international-symposium-on-gender-identity-london-1969/ https://ericamonde.cargo.site/03-3 Tue, 28 Jun 2022 21:24:47 +0000 Erica Monde https://ericamonde.cargo.site/03-3 <img width="1438" height="1077" width_o="1438" height_o="1077" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/913e00769d0a7730ddc1e7991a9c6337dd23eab4fedb3bbedb6bb3ba337b32f6/Muscle-cropped.png" data-mid="237554597" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/913e00769d0a7730ddc1e7991a9c6337dd23eab4fedb3bbedb6bb3ba337b32f6/Muscle-cropped.png" />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) https://ericamonde.cargo.site/04-3 Mon, 16 Mar 2026 09:46:02 +0000 Erica Monde https://ericamonde.cargo.site/04-3 <img width="6144" height="4096" width_o="6144" height_o="4096" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/747803278fedc610ab8806af23c8cdcf30520da7fed951378a6914e29bf7c24d/000066.JPG" data-mid="246095310" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/747803278fedc610ab8806af23c8cdcf30520da7fed951378a6914e29bf7c24d/000066.JPG" />ecotone Short experimental film 2026 United Kingdom,&nbsp;United States&nbsp;In productionAn experimental foray into the queer ecologies of Yosemite National Park. Directed by: Erica Monde https://ericamonde.cargo.site/05-1 Wed, 27 Aug 2025 17:26:58 +0000 Erica Monde https://ericamonde.cargo.site/05-1 <img width="2048" height="1152" width_o="2048" height_o="1152" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/f110c24dd4cbf189ee7646292be7828f89c71ea2ff0835e746f4e068b375f582/Still-1.png" data-mid="237554517" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/f110c24dd4cbf189ee7646292be7828f89c71ea2ff0835e746f4e068b375f582/Still-1.png" />There’s Not Much We Can Do Short Documentary 2022 United Kingdom TRAILER In this personal essay documentary, the director reflects on their journey of getting diagnosed with endometriosis through observing the invasive Japanese Knotweed. While both the disease and the plant grow disruptively through their respective environments, one is treated with urgency while the other is met with inaction. An ecofeminist meditation on the body, biology, care and control, There’s Not Much We Can Do Prompts us to question the very things we consider “natural” in the first place. Directed and Edited by: Erica Monde Producer: Clara Harris Cinematographer: Marta Massa Sound Designer/Recordist: Alexis Psillas Developed, Supported and Executive Produced by Screen Scotland and the Scottish Documentary Institute’s Bridging the Gap Programme For screening inquiries please contact ericamondefilms@gmail.comFestival selections and screenings: WORLD PREMIERE – Edinburgh International Film Festival, August 2022 (UK) Inverness Film Festival, November 2022 (UK) Glasgow Short Film Festival, March 2023 (UK) Spit it Out Festival, June 2023 (UK) Encounters Film Festival, September 2023 (UK) Raindance Film Festival (Nominee best documentary short), October 2023 (UK) DOC NYC, October 2023 (USA) Take One Action Film Festival, December 2023 (UK) ReFrame Film Festival, January 2024 (Canada) Lived Perspectives, March 2024 (UK) Mediamatic Japanese Knotweed Festival, April - May 2024 (Netherlands) Davis Feminist Film Festival, May 2024 (USA) EXPS:SLC, July 2024 (USA) RestFest, August 2024 (USA) Braziers International Film Festival, August 2024 (UK) Les Mains Gauches Queer Feminist Film Festival September 2024 (France)Shortscapes, September 2024 (UK) ARKIPEL Jakarta International Experimental and Documentary Film Festival, September 2024 (Indonesia) Dialogues Documentary Festival, September 2024 (USA) Scottish Queer International Film Festival, October 2024 (UK) Scottish Mental Health Arts Film Festival, October 2024 (UK) Bucharest Feminist Film Festival, October 2024 (Romania) CineToro Film Festival, November 2024 (Colombia) University of Massachussetts, Amherst, December 2024 (USA) Vitreous Film Festival, February 2025 (Canada) Festival Filministes, March 2025 (Canada) International Feminist &amp; Queer Festival Red Dawns, March 2025 (Slovenia) Balkan Can Kino, April 2025 (Greece) Documentarist Instanbul Documentary Days, June 2025 (Turkiye) The Bush Films, July 2025 (USA) https://ericamonde.cargo.site/06-1 Thu, 04 Mar 2021 14:31:46 +0000 Erica Monde https://ericamonde.cargo.site/06-1 <img width="1920" height="1080" width_o="1920" height_o="1080" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/6845b7139052e9603d465dcf572b179d2efea7353350f47f59731f8bcdf2e9cb/vlcsnap-2021-06-06-17h58m56s010.png" data-mid="111300117" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/6845b7139052e9603d465dcf572b179d2efea7353350f47f59731f8bcdf2e9cb/vlcsnap-2021-06-06-17h58m56s010.png" />I was born in the month of the moon Short Documentary 2020 - current United Kingdom&nbsp;In productionOne day the filmmaker wakes up and cannot move. As phases of celestial bodies continue outside their window, dreams and memories begin to emerge: they can finally start hearing what their body has to say. Set against the backdrop of their empty flat in Scotland and childhood memories of the Californian landscape, i was born in the month of the moon is a meditative reflection on the fluidity of gender, the meaning of home, and the journey to finding one’s body again. This short film is currently being filmed, tracking changes in the body from the start of the 2020 Covid-19 pandemic until 2030. Directed by: Erica Monde Produced by: Theo Panagopoulos, Erica Monde Editing: Erica Monde Cinematography: Theo Panagopoulos a Two Halves/No Whole and IMPRINT production https://ericamonde.cargo.site/07-2 Wed, 25 Jan 2023 17:43:05 +0000 Erica Monde https://ericamonde.cargo.site/07-2 <img width="4480" height="2520" width_o="4480" height_o="2520" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/8c65c7df111761d04d859cdd30ccc207118e997ce88ff45f3413715e07dd2c48/Screenshot-2022-07-25-at-15.40.04.png" data-mid="166001827" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/8c65c7df111761d04d859cdd30ccc207118e997ce88ff45f3413715e07dd2c48/Screenshot-2022-07-25-at-15.40.04.png" />You shouldn’t be able to see the Mountains Short Documentary 2022 Glasgow, UK The director has recently had a dream and wants to share it with you. Constructed using personal archival footage of mountains from Nepal, Greece, Scotland, the US and Spain, this short documentary explores the embodied presence of climate change in the unconscious mind. Directed and Edited by: Erica MondeProduced by: Imprint Documentary Collective https://ericamonde.cargo.site/08 Sun, 10 Jan 2021 18:28:11 +0000 Erica Monde https://ericamonde.cargo.site/08 <img width="1920" height="1080" width_o="1920" height_o="1080" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/79fdc34645ed74c56ef44b2516829ad44ac188a82d8cd49baa13c7e528e5b7f5/pac-med-1.png" data-mid="95647124" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/79fdc34645ed74c56ef44b2516829ad44ac188a82d8cd49baa13c7e528e5b7f5/pac-med-1.png" /> A portrait of the Pacific composed of images of the Mediterranean Video Installation 2019 Spain A video collage constructed of non-identifiable shapes, which, when combined into a single frame and filled with recognizable footage, allow us to recognize a virtually constructed composition as some thing identifiable. The transitional moments between visual information which “makes sense” in its constructed framework and the reassembled visions of the same parts encourages us to ask: When is the precise moment at which we understand something to be some thing and not some thing else? The piece intends to overcome essentialism by encouraging the viewer to reflect upon ways of knowing which depend upon visual identification, by offering a new image of a knowable thing; familiar yet different, existing just as profoundly in its virtual singularity as a dynamic, contextual, and changeable thing, where what matters is not knowing “what something is”, but instead understanding “how something is". A film by: Erica MondeIn collaboration with Metafora Studio Arts https://ericamonde.cargo.site/09 Sun, 10 Jan 2021 18:28:13 +0000 Erica Monde https://ericamonde.cargo.site/09 <img width="3840" height="2160" width_o="3840" height_o="2160" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/8e5e1f076be1621a97088f307503d75bd674ae51adcd4fdbdeabacdfd159a9e0/body.mp42019-12-15-00-12-18.337.jpg" data-mid="111300350" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/8e5e1f076be1621a97088f307503d75bd674ae51adcd4fdbdeabacdfd159a9e0/body.mp42019-12-15-00-12-18.337.jpg" />How I assemble my body from many parts Video Installation 2019 United Kingdom What does a body "in between" look like, feel like, and function as? As arms emerge from stomachs which lay on collarbones, and fingers grasp shoulders which disappear into wrists, this self portrait of the artist redistributes their body parts and redesigns their human body in a way that encourages asking questions about the many possibilities of how we understand bodies to be; in form, substance, and movement. A film by: Erica Monde In collaboration with the Edinburgh College of Art