Castration Movie UK

Castration Movie Anthology i. The Fear of Having No One to Hold at the End of the World (AKA Traps)
Dir. Louise Weard | 2024 | 275m (incl. intermission) | DCP, Digital
Certificate: 18 | Strong sex, nudity

Castration Movie Anthology ii. The Best of Both Worlds
Dir. Louise Weard | 2025 | 300m (incl. intermission) | DCP, Digital
Certificate: 18 | Abusive behaviour, strong sex, nudity, drug misuse

Castration Movie Chapter iii.ii Junior Ghosts—Premorphic Drift; a fragmentary passage
Dir. Louise Weard | 2026 | 127m | DCP, Digital
Certificate: 15 | Strong language, injury detail, sex, discrimination

Castration Movie Anthology iii. Year of the Hyaena
Dir. Louise Weard | 2027 | TBC | DCP, Digital

Upcoming Screenings | Access | Interviews | Press | Book Screening

Castration Movie is a labyrinthine post-modern epic about gender. The first part of this four-part film, Castration Movie Anthology i: The Fear of Having No One to Hold at the End of the World (AKA Traps) includes Chapter i. Incel Superman and Chapter ii. Traps Swan Princess. Castration Movie Anthology ii. The Best of Both Worlds contains one chapter, Chapter iii. Polygon!!!! Heartmoder. Chapter iii.ii Junior Ghosts—Premorphic Drift; a fragmentary passage is a feature-length chapter, now exclusive from the upcoming Castration Movie Anthology iii: Year of the Hyena, which will premiere in 2027.

Matchbox Cine distributes Castration Movie in the UK and Europe. If you’d like to arrange a screening, please contact: distribution@matchboxcine.com.

UK quad poster for Castration Movie Anthology ii The Best of Both Worlds: pixel-style text across three images from the film - close up of a young woman pointing at her temple; extreme close up of a panicked eye fringed with blonde hair; a group of woman sat in a basement wearing matching tracksuits.

Incel Superman follows Turner Stewart, a production assistant who sees his world spiral out of control as he uncompromisingly attempts to shape his life into the one he feels he deserves. Traps Swan Princess follows a trans woman named Michaela “Traps” Sinclair, a sex worker in Vancouver who splits her time between seeing clients and hanging out with her group of trans friends, who finds her relationships strained when she decides to pursue motherhood.

In Chapter iii. Polygon!!!! Heartmoder, Circle (Alex Walton) tries to leave a trans separatist cult in New York. Castration Movie Anthology ii.‘s cast includes Alex Walton (Pomp and Circumstance), Ivy Wolk (Anora), Jack Haven (I Saw the TV Glow), Lea Rose Sebastianis (In a Violent Nature), Hesse Deni (Brain Death), Theda Hammel (Stress Positions), Alexandra McVicker (The Serpent’s Skin), Betsey Brown (Actors), and Peter Vack (Assholes), amongst a mix of other emerging talent and weird and wonderful cameos.

In Chapter iii.ii Junior Ghosts—Premorphic Drift, A young woman (Avalon Fast) seeks out everything in her power to stop her partner (Henri Gillespi) from transitioning.

Written and Directed by Louise Weard, the film’s cast includes Vera Drew (The People’s Joker), Ada Rook (Black Dresses), Alice Maio Mackay (T Blockers), Avalon Fast (Honeycomb), John Paizs (Crime Wave), Lea Rose Sebastianis and Nate Wilson (The All Golden) amongst a mix of other emerging talent and weird and wonderful cameos. The original score was composed by Aoife Josie Clements/Ravine Angel, with additional music by Magda Baker, Alex Walton, and E_DEATH.

Let your local cinema / screening space / festival / DIY exhibitor know you want to see Castration Movie Anthology i. The Fear of Having No One to Hold at the End of the World, Castration Movie Anthology ii. The Best of Both Worlds or Castration Movie Chapter iii.ii Junior Ghosts—Premorphic Drift; a fragmentary passage where you live.

Upcoming UK & Europe Screenings
12/08 Prince Charles Cinema, London (tickets here) Chapter III.ii preview
15/08 Wilda Panny, Poznań (tickets TBC), Anthology I
22/08 Cultplex, Manchester, with SCENE Festival (tickets here) Chapter III.ii
28/08 Filmhouse, Edinburgh (tickets here) Chapter III.ii
29/08 Filmhouse, Edinburgh (tickets here) Chapter III.ii
29/08 The Actors, Brighton, with Trans Video Rebels (tickets here) Chapter III.ii
29/08 Chapter, Cardiff (tickets here) Chapter III.ii
29/08 The Northern Market, Leeds, with Still Time Cinema (tickets here) Chapter III.ii
30/08 Filmhouse, Edinburgh (tickets here) Chapter III.ii
31/08 Filmhouse, Edinburgh (tickets here) Chapter III.ii
31/08 Showroom, Sheffield, with Trans Film Club (tickets TBC) Chapter III.ii
01/09 Showroom, Sheffield, with Trans Film Club (tickets TBC) Chapter III.ii
01/09 Filmhouse, Edinburgh (tickets here) Chapter III.ii
08/09 Artefact, Liverpool, with Paraphysis Cinema (tickets TBC) Chapter III.ii

** New screenings added regularly – check back soon! **

Previous UK & Europe Screenings
26/10/24 Offline, Glasgow (World Theatrical Premiere) with Weird Weekend
29/04/25 Dalton Superstore, London, with Transmissions and TGirlsOnFilm
30/04/25 Dalton Superstore, London, with Transmissions and TGirlsOnFilm
31/05/25 The Northern Market, Leeds, with Scour Cinema
01/06/25 Cultplex, Manchester, with Paraphysis Cinema and Speed and Strike
16/06/25 Prince Charles Cinema, London, part of Bleak Week, co-presented by the American Cinematheque
21/06/25 Lighthouse, Dublin, with TITE Film Festival
12/07/25 Hull Truck Theatre, Hull, with Hull Independent Cinema
14/07/25 Lighthouse, Dublin, with TITE Film Festival
03/08/25 Showroom, Sheffield, with Sheffield Film Festival
06/12/25 Lighthouse, Dublin, with TITE Film Festival (Anthology ii, with Louise Weard in person)
06/12/25 Filmhouse, Edinburgh, with SQIFF (Anthology i)
07/12/25 Cultplex, Manchester, with Speed and Strike (Anthology ii, with Louise Weard in person)
08/12/25 Mockingbird, Birmingham, with Screen Queens Hinckley (Anthology ii, with Louise Weard in person)
09/12/25 Bristol Student Union, Bristol, with Cinema Transexuál (Anthology i, with Louise Weard in person)
10/12/25 Stiwdio Seligman @ Chapter, Cardiff, with Cardiff Community Cinema Club (Anthology ii, with Louise Weard in person)
11/12/25 Bristol Student Union, Bristol, with Cinema Transexuál (Anthology ii, with Louise Weard in person)
12/12/25 GMAC, Glasgow, with SQIFF (Anthology ii, with Louise Weard in person)
13/12/25 Filmhouse, Edinburgh, with SQIFF (Anthology ii, with Louise Weard in person)
14/12/25 Genesis, London (Anthology ii, with Louise Weard in person)
18/01/26 Trans Library Helsinki, Finland, with TGirlsOnFilm (Anthology i)
28/01/26 Arts in the Right Place, Sheffield, with Trans Film Club (Anthology ii, with Louise Weard remote Q&A)
02/02/26 Rietveld Academie, Amsterdam, with Rietveld Film Club (Anthology i, with Louise Weard remote Q&A)
17/02/26 Mickelgate Social, York (Anthology i)
22/03/26 BFI Southbank, London, with BFI Flare (Chapter III World Premiere, with Louise Weard in person)
23/03/26 BFI Southbank , London, with BFI Flare (Chapter III, with Louise Weard in person)
31/03/26 The Hang-Out, the Hague, (Anthology i, Anthology ii)
31/03/26 Snackbar Frieda, Rotterdam, (Anthology i, Anthology ii)
31/03/26 ACU, Utrecht, (Anthology i, Anthology ii)
04/04/26 Genesis Cinema, London, (Anthology i)
05/04/26 Genesis Cinema, London, (Anthology ii)
18/04/26 Light House Cinema, Dublin, with TITE Film Festival (Chapter III Irish Premiere, with Louise Weard and Aoife Josie Clements in person)
26/05 Sicilia Queer, Palermo, (Anthology i Italian Premiere, with Louise Weard in person)
28/05 Sicilia Queer, Palermo, (Anthology ii Italian Premiere, with Louise Weard in person)
30/05 Sicilia Queer, Palermo, (Chapter III Italian Premiere, with Louise Weard in person)
01/07 Watershed, Bristol, with Queer Visions (Chapter III.ii)
24/07 Atlàntida Mallorca Film Fest (Chapter I & Chapter II Spanish Premiere)
25/07 Atlàntida Mallorca Film Fest (Chapter III (Cara A & Cara B Spanish Premiere)
26/07 Atlàntida Mallorca Film Fest (Chapter III.ii Spanish Premiere)
06/08 IWU Office, Cork, with Cork Alt Pride (Chapter II)
08/08 Chapter, Cardiff (Anthology I)
09/08 Chapter, Cardiff (Anthology II)

Access
Descriptive Subtitles and Audio Description are available for all UK screenings of Castration Movie Anthology i. The Fear of Having No One to Hold at the End of the World aka Traps, Castration Movie Anthology ii. The Best of Both Worlds and Castration Movie Chapter iii.ii Junior Ghosts—Premorphic Drift; a fragmentary passage at the venue/exhibitor’s discretion and depending on their technical capacity. If you have any questions, please contact access@matchboxcine.com.

Castration Movie Substack | Castration Movie Anthology i. The Fear of Having No One to Hold at the End of the World on Letterboxd | Castration Movie Anthology ii. The Best of Both Worlds on Letterboxd | Castration Movie Chapter iii.ii Junior Ghosts—Premorphic Drift; a fragmentary passage on Letterboxd

Louise Weard Interviews