Behind the scenes of pansies
pansies is a queer coming-of-age film that follows two boys who must keep things quiet after almost being caught in the back of a pickup truck.
The piece was created as writer-director Jamie Simiele's junior thesis film at the SUNY Purchase School of Film and Media Studies.
Meet the Filmmaker
Jamie Simiele is a queer writer and director based in Brooklyn, NY. Since graduating from the Purchase Conservatory of Film and Media, he collaborates with other emerging filmmakers as a producer and assistant director, and has had past work presented at NFFTY and the Reeling Chicago LGBTQ+ International Film Festival.
Growing up in a small, conservative town in Upstate NY, Jamie’s filmmaking explores and amplifies the voices of the “American Mongrel”— queer individuals who have navigated the challenges of working-class rural Americana and redefined the American dream.
