Daviel Shy

Howling/ She Her Sir (2023) Director

“Howling,” listeners are transported to a resonant reverie full of overwhelming sensuality. The song, swathed in its fervent emotion, retraces Michel’s intimate journey to her Southern cradle, offering an ode to the luxuriant fabric of New Orleans and its vibrant queer artistic community.

The Lovers (2024) Writer / Director

Through seven episodes and nine characters, an inter-related network of sexual and spiritual workers find their ways through rapidly changing unknowns. Dafnah, a “Professional Lover,” has organized her life for minimal technological interaction and maximal sexual interaction. She fucks for sport, for love, for work, for meaning. Having grown up in a strict religious home, she is no stranger to living with rules. Her own life has two: no internet in her home and no cis men in her bed-- even for work. Then, the pandemic hits. Suddenly, touch can be lethal and sociality demands technology.

The Ladies Almanack (2017) Writer / Director

"The Ladies Almanack" is a feature-length film directed by Daviel Shy, based on the 1928 self-published novel of the same name by Djuna Barnes. The film explores a complex network of queer creative women in 1920s Paris, focusing on the friendships, jealousies, flirtations, and publishing woes of female authors and artists.