Samira Elagoz & Z Walsh‘s You can’t get what you want but you can get me will be screened ath MIX NYC as part of the screening An Essence to Ooze on November 22, 2025. The festival takes place in New York City, US.

MIX NYC is a non-profit organization dedicated to platforming, promoting, and supporting LGBTQIA2S+ experimental filmmakers and artists, founded by author Sarah Schulman and filmmaker Jim Hubbard in 1987.

The film will also be screened at the Montreal International Documentary Festival (RIDM) as part of a special screening RIDM x REGARD on November 23, 2025. The festival takes place in Montréal (Québec), Canada.

The Montreal International Documentary Festival (RIDM) is one of North America’s leading documentary film festivals, founded in 1998 by a group of Quebec filmmakers.

You can’t get what you want but you can get me (2024) is a self-authored, modern slideshow depicts the true love story of two transmasculine artists. From first date to first kiss, top surgery to tattoos, meeting the family to making their transcontinental relationship work, this social media feed of selfies, text messages and musical montages documents their spontaneous, intimate and tender union with joy.