Nullo

Jan Soldat 2021, documentary, 15’31“
miniDV, 4:3, 25fps, mono, german with engl. subtitles

Synopsis

„The subject of the documentary, an affable gay Austrian fellow named Norbert, sits or stands naked in various poses in his small apartment. It is clear that Norbert has no penis, and in its stead has had a winged penis tattooed above the space where it used to be. Norbert recounts his story matter-of-factly, relating how he was alienated from his penis from a young age, and what his ex-boyfriend, family and friends think of his decision to take matters into his own hands and remove it. Nullo* is a fascinating portrait of an individual with penis dysmorphia who appears to be much happier and content without the very appendage that provides many men – especially gay men – with their entire raison d’être.“ (Bruce LaBruce / Catalog text SixpackFilm)

*Nullo stands for genital nullification and refers to a subculture made up mostly of men whose genitals have often been removed from themselves.

Team

Idea
Cinematography
Editing
Sound mix
Color Correction
Subtitles
Sales & Distribution
with

Jan Soldat, Norbert
Jan Soldat
Jan Soldat
Lorenz Fischer / lorenzfischer.de
Julian Giacomuzzi
Alex Demetriou / queersubs.weebly.com
sixpackfilm / sixpackfilm.com
Norbert

Screenings

9th La Fete Du Slip Lausanne / 26th Split Film Festival / 2nd Lima Alterna Film Festival / Randfilmfest Kassel / 35K Kino Berlin / HOMOGRAPHY festival of video & performance / Luststreifen Film Festival Basel / 31st Oslo Fusion Intl. Film Festival / V’21 – Vienna International Film Festival / 16th Porn Film Festival Berlin / 25th Ji.hlava International Documentary Film Festival / Porny Days Zürich / Hacker Porn Film Festival Rome / 37th LGBT Film Festival Slovenia / UT Connewitz Leipzig / Muestra de Cine Erótico y PosPorno de Bogotá / Porn.Film.Fest Innsbruck / 6th Diametrale Innsbruck / Filmfest Dresden / BXL Brussels Porn Film Festival / Uncensored Festival London / anourak Berlin / 29th Chicago Underground Film Festival / Fleisch 2,99 Vienna / 5th Fish&Chips Film Festival Torino / Queer Mais Trash Brussels / 3rd Athens Porn Film Festival / 3rd Gender Border Film Festival / 6th SECS Film Fest / 30th MixBrasil Festival of Diversity / 4th Filmmaudit 2.0 / Diversions Parsec Bologna / Aphrodisiac Nights: porn meets charity Athens / 23. Int. cellu l’art Kurzfilmfestival Jena / Post Pxrn Film Festival Warsaw

Awards

Best documentary short – Luststreifen Film Festival Basel
Porny Shorts Award / Best Short Film – 9th Porny Days Zurich
Best Documentary – Hacker Porn Film Festival
Nomination Golden Medusa / QueerTactics Vienna

Critic

Hard to watch & wonderfully frank
(Bruce LaBruce / Sixpackfilm)
Pures Kino. Echt & Schmerzhaft.
(Cinema Austriaco)