Merryn is a Queer Wiradjuri person whose practice spans the disciplines of cinematography, directing and producing, with extensive experience working with community, and in the industry.
Merryn’s goal is to use her creative skills and practice in a socially engaged fashion to tell Indigenous and Queer stories by creating the media, film, web and television series that the next generation will consume.
Merryn Trescott is co-director of Sapphic Flicks, a Queer First Nations owned and led production company based in Naarm (Melbourne), is gender fluid and uses he, she, and they pronouns.
Through Sapphic Flicks, founded with business partner Jamie Connor, they tell stories led by and made for First Nations and LGBTQIA+ communities, co-curate the opening night of TILDE, Melbourne’s Trans and Gender Diverse Film festival, and most recently worked as co-producer on the film Lesbian Mud Wrestling, which premiered at the Melbourne Queer Film Festival and has since screened internationally.
Host Ricki Spencer and Merryn speak about gender, identity, and growing up, finding community and the words for who you are, the ethics of storytelling and why queer and First Nations stories should be told by queer and First Nations people, the impact of arts funding cuts on independent and queer filmmaking, and the importance of safe, community-led creative spaces.