Showcasing trans films that shatter expectations, this radical program reveals the power of our trans and gender non-conforming community as their stories unfold in vibrant New York City nightlife, gender reveal parties, futuristic T4T cities and post-apocalyptic and mythological worlds. Spotlighting bold, unapologetic narratives where trans characters take center stage, these films reveal unique and defiant stories of perseverance and transformation.

Chloe and Jame
Drew Burnett Gregory
7 min
Two transfeminine people confront their personal history and the histories that shaped them.

Thigh Rise
Maz Murray
15 min
When sad trans guy Paul falls from his tower block window, he realizes he’s been living inside the boot of a giant, beautiful trans woman.

Annarchy Artist
Tempest Creation
9 min
Annarchy Artist is a short documentary that observes a day in the life of the eponymous performer as she unveils the childhood roots of her artistic practice as a nightlife gogo dancer and drag queen.

Candyland
David Gil
12 min
An American teenager, conditioned to view gun violence as a game, and his trans mother, who is struggling with access to hormones face the challenges of an inevitable adrenaline crash and their own addictive tendencies on their journey to Candyland.

Saturn Rising
Tiare Ribeaux, Jody Stillwater
11 min
In a poetic mix of dance, visual narrative, performance, and documentary, Saturn Risin9 follows queer performance artist Saturn on their return home to the Bay Area. We follow their journey of perseverance centering self discovery, affirmation, healing and creative expansion poetically told through fantastical imagery and non-linear narrative.

Notes on a Siren
Justice Jamal Jones
12 min
In short film Notes on a Siren, director Justice Jamal Jones transforms the myth of the Siren and the Sailor through the lens of Black queerness and transness – set against the backdrop of Palm Heights in the Cayman Islands.

February Fourteenth
Ezri Appel
10 min
Vignettes of trans life and love on Valentine’s Day among a close-knit group of partners and friends in Brooklyn, NY.

Binderburn
Atlas Acopian
1 min I burned my binder to celebrate getting top surgery.

Gender Reveal
Mo Matton
13 min
Rhys, a dedicated people pleaser, winds up at their boss’ gender reveal party with their two partners. The trans throuple soon realizes that they are dealing with more than they were prepared for and their ability to survive the event comes into question.