DIKE

What do you do when your bodily fluids come out before you do? A woman recounts the story of a friend’s attempts to hide an excessive perspiration problem. DIKE is the story of one woman’s struggle with compulsory heterosexuality.


16mm, colour, 8.5 minutes
©1996

Starring
Allyson Mitchell
With Debra Anderson, Denise Attallah, Cate Barnes, Chandra Bulucon, Terra Dimock, Renata Jasaitis Terri Jennings, Jiin Kim, and Kate Sanagan.
Music by Philip Stanger
Cinematography by Carolyn Wong
Written & Directed by Lisa Hayes

Film Festivals

DIKE was re-screened at the Hamburg Lesbian & Gay Film Festival in Toronto on October 20, 2001, to accompany Lez Be Friends.
DIKE was also re-screened at the Inside / Out Film Festival in Toronto on Sunday May 21, 2001, as a part of their 10th Anniversary – Blast From the Past.

Flying Broom Women’s Film Festival, Ankara (Turkey), 2002 * Women In the Director’s Chair, Chicago, (USA), 1999 * “Journey of Women” Film Festival, Marseille (France), March 1999 * Ann Arbor Independent Film Festival, Michigan, (USA), March, 1996 * Sydney International Film Festival, (Australia), June, 1996 * Hamburg Short Film Festival, (Germany), June , 1996 * Brisbane International Film Festival, (Australia), August, 1996 * Cabbagetown Film & Video Film Festival, Toronto, (Canada), Sept., 1996 * Figueira da Foz Int’l Film Festival, (Portugal), Sept., 1996 * Atlantic Film Festival, Halifax, (Canada), Sept., 1996 * Vancouver International Film Festival, (Canada), Oct., 1996 * Cork International Film Festival, (Ireland), Oct., 1996 * Reel Life Women’s Video & Film Festival, Halifax, (Canada), Nov., 1996 * Women In the Director’s Chair, Minnesota, (USA), Jan., 1997 * Mediawave Film & Video Festival, (Hungary), April/May, 1997 * Oberhausen Film Festival, (Germany), April 1997 * Herland Feminist Film & Video Festival, Calgary, (Canada), Feb. /Mar., 1997 * Moving Image Centre, Auckland, (New Zealand), Feb., 1997 * Créteil International Women’s Film Festival, (France), March, 1997 * St. John’s Women’s Film Festival, (Canada), Nov. 1997 * New York Comedy Film Festival, (USA), Nov. 1997 * Oshawa-Durham Independent Film Festival, (Canada), Nov. 1997 * Making Waves Women’s Film Festival, Taipei, (Taiwan), April 1998 * New Orleans Film & Video Festival, (USA), Oct. 1998 * LIFT Monthly Screening, Toronto, (Canada), March, 1996 * Crap Shoot, Cinecycle, Toronto, (Canada), May, 1996 * Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, (USA), June, 1996 * Centre for Feminist Research Summer Institute, (Canada), June, 1996 * Michigan Womyn’s Music Festival, (USA), Aug. 1996 * National Salon des Refusés, Toronto, (Canada), Sept., 1996 * Winnipeg Film Group, Manitoba, (Canada), Jan., 1997 * Canadian Independent Film Series, Toronto, (Canada), July, 1997 * York University, (Canada), Oct. 1997 * Ward’s Island Screening, Toronto, (Canada), July 1998 * Making Scenes Film & Video Festival, Ottawa, (Canada), May, 1996 * Northwest Lesbian & Gay Film Fest, Olympia Washington, (USA), May, 1996 * London Lesbian Video & Film Festival, (Canada), May, 1996 * Inside/Out Lesbian & Gay Film & Video Festival, Toronto, (Canada), May, 1996 * San Francisco Lesbian & Gay Film Festival, (USA), June, 1996 * Outfest ’96, Los Angeles Lesbian & Gay Film Festival, (USA), July 1996 * Philadelphia Lesbian & Gay Film Festival, (USA), July 1996 * Vancouver Lesbian & Gay Film Festival, (Canada), Aug. 1996 * Milwaukee Lesbian & Gay Film & Video Festival, (USA), Sept., 1996 * Berlin Lesbian Film Festival, (Germany), Oct., 1996 * Rochester L & G Film Festival, (USA), Oct., 1996 * Pride Film Festival, Tampa, (USA), Oct., 1996 * Pittsburg Lesbian & Gay Film Festival, (USA), Oct., 1996 * Hamburg Lesbian & Gay Film Festival, (Germany), Oct., 1996 * Santa Barbara Lesbian & Gay Film Festival, (USA), Nov., 1996 * Reel Affirmation, Chicago, (USA), Nov., 1996 * Verzaubert ’96, Munich, Stuggart & Cologne, (Germany), Nov/Dec, 1996 * One In Ten, Washington, D.C., (USA), Nov. , 1996 * Image & Nation Film Festival, Montreal, (Canada), Nov., 1996 * MIX Film & Video Festival, New York City, (USA), Nov., 1996 * San Jose Lesbian & Gay Film Festival, (USA), Feb., 1997 * London L & G Film Festival, British Film Institute, (UK), March, 1997 * Melborne L & G Film Festival, Melborne, (Austalia), March 1997 * Turin Int’l Gay & Lesbian Film Festival, (Italy), April, 1997 * Tokyo Lesbian & Gay Film Festival, (Japan), May, 1997 * Festival Internazionale di Cinema Gaylesbico di Milano, (Italy), June, 1997 * New York Lesbian & Gay Film Festival, (USA), June, 1997 * New Zealand Lesbian & Gay Film Festival, (New Zealand), May 1997 * Portland Lesbian & Gay Film Festival, (USA), Sept. 1997 * Turku Lesbian & Gay Film Festival, (Finland), Oct. 1997 * Barcelona Lesbian & Gay Film Festival, (Spain), Oct. 1997 * Paris Lesbian Film Festival, (France), Oct. 1997 * Bern Lesbian & Gay Film Festival, (Switzerland), Oct. 1997 * Washington DC Lesbian & Gay Film Festival, (USA), Nov. 1997 * Coolidge Corner Theatre, (USA), Nov. 1997 * Imaginaria Film Festival, Bologna, (Italy), Feb. 1998 * Yellowknife Lesbian Film Festival, (Canada), Mar. 1998 * Los Angeles Lesbian & Gay Film Festival, “Retrospective”, (USA), July 1998 * London Lesbian Film Festival, (Canada), July 1998 * U of T, Innis College, Jan. 2001.

Broadcasts

  • Showcase Television, Canada.
  • IFC (Independent Film Channel), Canada.
  • Showcase DIVA, Canada.
  • CANAL+, France
  • SBS-TV, Australia
  • The Comedy Network, Canada
  • WTN “Shameless Shorts”, Canada
  • The Knowledge Network, “The Independent Eye”, B.C., Canada
  • SCN, “The Independent Eye”, Saskatchewan, Canada
  • KQED, “The Livingroom Festival”, San Francisco, USA
  • WYBE-TV, Philadelphia, USA

Awards

  • Best Short Film, Critics Circle, Sydney International Film Festival, Australia, 1996
  • Best of the Fest Screening, Inside/Out Film & Video Festival, Toronto, Canada, 1996
  • Audience Favorite, Making Waves Women’s Film & Video Festival, Taipei, Taiwan, 1998

Media

  • Bailey, Cameron. 1996. “Mouthy gay fest one of spring’s best bets,” NOW MAGAZINE. May 23 – 29, 1996.
  • Ford, Julie. 1997. “Frame Fatale,” SIREN MAGAZINE. April/May 1997.
  • Gignac, Tamara. 1997. “Durham film festival puts indie gems on the big screen,” THIS WEEK FRIDAY EDITION. November 21, 1997.
  • Gignac, Tamara. 1997. “Oshawa filmmaker glad to be back in town,” THIS WEEK FRIDAY EDITION. November 28, 1997.
  • Lacey, Liam. 1996. “An alternative salon,” THE GLOBE AND MAIL. September 14, 1996.
  • Levine, Rosie. 1996. “Fest fever L.I.F.T.s off,” NOW. September 5 – 11, 1996.
  • Mandra. 1997. “Rave Reviews: Film Festival from OZ,” ICON. May 1997.
  • Paquette, Daniel. 1996. “When deodorant’s not enough,” XTRA! August 1, 1996.
  • Paquette, Daniel. 1997. “Yo, wombat! Lick my beaver,” XTRA! February 27, 1997.