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Daisy: Prophet of the Apocalypse

Daisy: Prophet of the Apocalypse is an experimental mockumentary that investigates social and sexual conformity, by proposing the need for a New Queer World. The film follows a character named Daisy (played by Patel), who emigrates from Texas to Ireland after being rejected by her family. Once arrived, Daisy encounters a goddess on a mountaintop who implores her to free the world from the evils of heteronormativity before the impending apocalypse. Dressed in a cowboy hat and a white dress and carrying a pink megaphone, Daisy preaches across various locations in Dublin, reappropriating religious methods of indoctrination and spreading the goddess’s message to accumulate a group of followers. Inspired by modern day preachers, the Book of Revelations, and queer protest art, the film envisions a world where the confines of societal structures are abolished and difference is revered. 
 

Crew

 

Director:                      Venus Patel 

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Cinematographer:    Murky Anyango 

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Writers:                        Venus Patel

                                     Murky Anyango 

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Producer:                    Molly Donnery 

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 Music Composers:   Ciarán McGannon

                                     Murky Anyango 

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Concept:                       Venus Patel

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Costume Designer:       Jack Rogers

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Makeup:                          Aisling Doyle

                                         Claire McCauley

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Sound:                                Andy Wilson

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Lighting:                          Cormac Doherty

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Art Department:            Shauna McNally 

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Production Assistant:   Shauna McNally 

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Editor:                                 Murky Onyango 

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Sound Editor:                   Ciarán McGannon

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                      Cast

 

Daisy:                   Venus Patel 

Main Follower:    Liath Hannon

Follower 2:           Mazana Ronaldson

Follower 3:            Alessandra Azevedo

Follower 4:            Elishka Lane

Follower 5:           Deborah Dickenson

Follower 6:           Cat Coyle

Follower 7:            Tatiana Santos

Follower 8:           Shauna Harris

Follower 9:           Anora Donnelly

Newscaster:        Alex Smyth 

Queer couple:     Ian Lawlor

                              Shauna Harris 

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Selected screenings:

 

  • Gaze Film Festival, IRE

  • Bradford Queer Film Festival, UK

  • Grrl Haus Cinema, GER

  • Queer Spectrum Film Festival, IRE

  • Translations Film Festival, US

  • Les Main Gauches, FR 

  • IndieCork Film Festival, IRE

  • San Francisco Transgender Film Festival, US

  • Staying with the Trouble (IMMA), IRE

Daisy: Prophet of the Apocalypse displayed with sculpture by Venus Patel at the Staying with the Trouble exhibition in IMMA, 2025

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