Joy

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Joy

Julieta Tetelbaum, 2023

Short Film 35mm 4K - 11 min - Experimental Fiction - London

Joy is a journey through the mind of a 65-year-old autistic lesbian who's addicted to sugar and can't stop thinking about her ex-girlfriend from youth. She lives with her partner—a mannequin that she's built to look like her ex. The tragicomic piece delves deep into moments of intimacy, loneliness, sexuality, joy, and the desperate longing to be loved.

Joy is the sequel of the short film Wake Up! It's Yesterday filmed in New York in 2020.

Joy is part of the collection of the Library of Congress of Argentina and has been showcased in museums, art galleries, urban spaces, and international film festivals globally.

Exhibitions + International Film Festivals + Publications:

Pedro Almodóvar + Julieta Tetelbaum (Pain & Glory + Joy) at Library of Congress of Argentina.
Solo Exhibition. Complete filmography at Casa Brandon - Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Solo Exhibition at Passaic County Arts Center (five months long) - NJ, US.
Exhibition at Purple Window Gallery (month long) - Chicago, US.
Mix Copenhagen LGBTQIA+ Film Festival - Copenhagen, Denmark.
Braunschweig International Film Festival - Braunschweig, Germany.
Oslo Fusion International Film Festival - Oslo, Norway.
Stockholm Fringe Festival - Stockholm, Sweden.
QUEERSICHT Queer Film Festival - Bern, Switzerland.
TLVFest Tel Aviv International LGBTQ+ Film Festival at Tel Aviv Cinematheque, Tel Aviv, Israel.
Positively Different Short Film Festival - Athens, Greece.
Queer Currents Film Festival - Amsterdam, Netherlands.
Embassy of Argentina presents Orgullo Exhibition - London, UK.
Mutiny Zine Festival - Austin, Texas, US.
Desire, Bodies & Identities Exhibition by Designathon - Zurich, Switzerland.
Pink Life QueerFest - Ankara, Turkey.
Now & Again Printed Magazine - Singapore, Singapore.
Shorts On Tap Film Festival - London, UK.
Narrar El Futuro - Bogotá, Colombia.
Balkan Can Kino Film Festival - Athens, Greece.
B3 Festival of the Moving Image 24 - Frankfurt, Germany.
Ignite Queer Joy - Amsterdam, Netherlands.
Merced Queer Film Festival - California, US.
Porto Femme Film Festival - Porto, Portugal.
Heat Exhibition at RuptureXIBIT - London, UK.
Muma Film Festival 24 - Chubut, Argentina.
Rhizome's Existence as Protest Exhibition - Washington DC, US.
MM Zine Art Magazine - Austin, Texas, US.
Geelong Pride Film Festival - South Geelong, Australia.
Sardinia Queer Film Expo - Sardinia, Italy.
Exhibition Manifesto Violent Bodies - London, UK.
Now & Again Magazine Launch - Singapore, Singapore.
Leeds Queer Film Festival - Leeds, UK.
Saturn Returns Film Festival - London, UK.
Apricity Press Anual Issue *9 - Worldwide.
Little Scuzzy Film Fest - Illinois, US.
Queer Hedonism Art Exhibition by Stoggaf - London, UK.
Vierte Welle Film Festival 24 - Berlin, Germany.
Nasty Gallery - London, UK.
Norwich Queer International Film Festival - Norwich, UK.
Screener Short Films - London, UK.
Queerfest Norwich - Norwich, UK.
L'Œil d'Oodaaq - Rennes, France.
Ruthin International Arts Festival - Ruthin, North Wales.
The Starving Artist - The Body Revolts - Worldwide.
Peripheries Experimental Film Festival at Sweet Void Cinema - Chicago, Illinois, US.
Gravitational Lensing: Feminist Film Dialogues Series - Oakland, CA, US.
Rage Zine Magazine - Copenhagen, Denmark.
Duemila 30 Film Festival - Milan, Italy.
Metavasis Festival - Zakinthos, Greece.
Zagoriwood Film Festival - Kato Pedina, Greece.
Nisyros Festival - Nisyros, Greece.
L’Europe en berry Touraine Festival - Touraine, Greece.
Screening at Cinema in Erba - Erba, Italy.
Exarchia-Ballaro: Storie Sospese - Palermo, Italy.
The Peckham & Nunhead Free Film Festival at Peckhamplex Cinema - London, UK.
Uncle Art Gallery - Chicago, US.
Mezipatra Queer Film Festival - Prague, Czech Republic.
Festival for the Future (Rainbow Shorts) - Mount Gambier, South Australia.
AVFF Addis Video Art Festival - Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
MIX NYC Queer Experimental Film Festival - New York, US.