Eroded: WIP short film and open conversation

You are invited to the work in progress screening of Eroded, a graduation project by Diego Abbati, a MFA in Film Student at HDK-Valand (Sweden). The aim is to open a conversation departing from the themes and ideas that the film presents. The film is 17 minutes in length and in English (with English subtitles).

Synopsis: Hanlan’s Point Beach in Toronto is Canada’s oldest surviving queer space. Today, erosion is slowly washing parts of it away. Eroded moves between paintings, home videos and present-day footage on the beach, tracing what remains as the landscape changes. James revisits his photographs of Hanlan’s in the 1970s, reflecting on cruising, gay visibility, and what has since been lost. Lez Beach, a sapphic collective, (re)claims space and representation through bonfires on the shoreline. Zack opens up about his painting practice, and how drawing becomes his way to remember. Brian shares home movies from his youth in 1980s Toronto, looking back on what it means to leave a legacy through images. Together, these voices reveal how a place persists through the people who return to it, even as the shore itself begins to vanish.

Director’s biography: Diego Abbati (he/him) is a Spanish filmmaker and editor based in Gothenburg, Sweden, currently pursuing an MFA in Film at HDK-Valand (University of Gothenburg). He studied documentary filmmaking at Universidad Carlos III de Madrid and completed additional studies at Toronto Metropolitan University. His work explores the relationships between people, space, memory, and identity, often bringing past, present, and future into dialogue. Previous works such as “Like a Childhood Friend” (2023) have explored immigration and exile experiences; his current research focuses on queer experiences within shifting urban and ecological landscapes.

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