Kaye crAFTS the stories you haven’t heard
Writer × director
About Kaye
Kaye Adelaide is a Montreal based trans lesbian filmmaker. She is an alumni of GEMS Genre Film Lab, as well as a recipient of The Diversity of Voices Initiative at the BANFF World Media Festival, and the SODEC Jeunes Createurs Development Program. Kaye has directed several award winning short films, including Don’t Text Back (2020), and MonsterDyke (2022). She just completed her first feature: The Rebrand (2024), which won Best Feature at 2024’s Queer Fear Film Festival. Kaye's work broadens representation for gender minorities, and challenges societal biases through a playful combination of genres including horror, speculative fiction, comedy, and camp.
Kaye’s Films
the rebrand (2024)
79 minutes, Lesbian Found Footage Horror-Comedy
Directed by Kaye Adelaide
Produced by Mariel Sharp, True Sweetheart Films
Written by Kaye Adelaide and Nancy Webb
Starring Nancy Webb, Andi E. McQueen, Naomi Silver-Vézina & Tranna Wintour
An eight-months-pregnant videographer hired to document the comeback of cancelled lesbian influencers soon uncovers their deranged agenda.
RECENT OFFICIAL SELECTIONS AND AWARDS:
Monsterdykë (2021)
4 minutes, Trans Lesbian Horror-Fantasy
Directed by Kaye Adelaide, Mariel Sharp
Produced by Mariel Sharp, True Sweetheart Films
Written by Kaye Adelaide, Mariel Sharp
Starring Kaye Adelaide
A transgender sculptress has a lesbian awakening when her artwork comes to life and rocks her world.
OFFICIAL SELECTIONS AND AWARDS INCLUDE:
Winner, Jury Prize | HUMP! Film Festival | USA | 2022
Winner, Best Short Film | Scream Queer | Rome, ITA | 2021
Winner, Audience Award | Final Girls Film Festival | Berlin, GER | 2022
Winner, Best Narrative Short | Erotic & Bizarre Art Film Festival | ESP | 2021
Winner, Best Erotic Short Film | Hallucinea Film Festival | Paris, FR | 2021
Winner, Best Erotic Short Film | Hallucinea Film Festival | Paris, FR | 2021
World Premiere | Fantasia Int. Film Festival | Montréal, CAN) | 2021
US Premiere | Newfest LGBTQ+ Film Festival | New York , USA | 2021
Official selection | Frameline LGBTQ+ Film Festival | San Francisco, USA | 2021
Official selection |Nitehawk Shorts Festival | New York, USA | 2022
Official selection | Vienna Shorts Film Festival | Vienna, AUT | 2023
Official selection | Soho Horror Film Festival | London, UK | 2022
Don’t Text Back (2020)
14 minutes, Horror-Comedy
Directed by Kaye Adelaide, Mariel Sharp
Produced by Mariel Sharp, True Sweetheart Films
Written by Kaye Adelaide, Mariel Sharp
Starring Nancy Webb, Danielle Lapointe
A woman seeks the help of an energy healer to rid herself of a cursed necklace that strangles her every time she doesn't text back her bad Tinder date.
OFFICIAL SELECTIONS AND AWARDS INCLUDE:
Winner, Best Canadian Short | Fantasia Int. Film Festival | CAN | 2020
Winner, Best Director | North Bend Film Festival | Washington, USA | 2020
Official Selection | Newfest LGBTQ+ Film Festival | New York, USA | 2020
Official Selection | Brooklyn Horror Shorts | Brooklyn, USA | 2020
Official Selection | Blood in the Snow Film Festival | Toronto, CAN | 2020
Official Selection | Final Girls Berlin Film Festival | Berlin, GER | 2021
Official Selection | Mikro FAF | Belgrade, SRB | 2020
Official Selection | Bleedinham Horror Festival | Washington, USA | 2020
Official Selection | Soho Horror Film Festival | London, UK | 2020
Official Selection | Marseille Int. Cineverse Film Festival | Marseille, FR | 2021
Official Selection | FilmQuest Film Festival | Utah, USA | 2021
Official Selection | Salem Horror Fest | Salem, USA | 2021