Overview
Victoria Serafini (they/them) is a PhD Candidate and queer filmmaker in Performing & Media Arts. Their dissertation project focuses on the queer intimacies of lesbian media and fandom cultures through an investigation of amateur pornography, quality TV, independent horror cinema, and fan remix videos. They are especially interested in how discourses of intimacy, domesticity, and violence are produced and maintained through contemporary media texts and cultures. In addition to their scholarly work, Victoria has also worked on student films, thesis projects, independent feature films and documentaries. Their two major passions within film production are production design and editing. Highly active in lesbian fandom circles online, they edit fanvids in their spare time.
Victoria earned their Bachelor's Degree in Cinema & Television Arts from California State University Fullerton in 2017. Their Master’s Degree was completed at Cornell in Performing & Media Arts in 2021.