World premiere
I Can't Have Sex
Don't let the title fool you. (Or let it?) The definitive fantasy documentary of a hypersexualised society.
Bel Gatti can’t have sex, so her therapist suggests she make a film about it, turning her supposed external trauma into a boomerang. We witness the daily narration of her life, with her babysitting job, visits to her mother and grandmother, her real and fictional kisses and her personal search. The landscape is also populated by dildos, drag performances and an actor possessed by Andy Warhol himself. Everything passes through filters, gifs, stickers, post-contemporary aesthetics and the closeness that the length of the director’s arm gives us for this intimate social network diary, a hyper-documentary that tries to interpret this hypersexualised society. And fun, a post-humorous fun. Would you dare to laugh?
Bel, an artist, filmmaker and caretaker, gives us a great selfie, the documentary fantasy of the current generation.
Javier Garcia Puerto
Bel Gatti grew up in a nursing home. Now she is an actress and babysitter. Gatti has a master’s degree in dramaturgy and acting. In 2024 she acted in “Underground Orange”, a comedy drama about a backpacker getting involved in a polyamorous relationship with some kidnap plotters. “I Can't Have Sex”, 2024) is Gatti’s directing debut. Gatti states – “Sex, for me, is a great fiction. An illusion from which I do not want, however, to be left out.”
No Puedo Tener Sexo” (I Can't Have Sex, 2024)