A QUESTION OF GENDER
Fresh, bold trans, non-binary and intersex identities thriving in their truths; challenging gender norms along the way.
AN AVOCADO PIT (UM CAROÇO DE ABACATE)
ARY ZARA | PORTUGAL | 2023 | 20 MIN | PORTUGUESE S.-T.EN.
Larissa, a trans woman and Cláudio, a cis man, meet one night, in the streets of Lisbon. Two people, two realities, who dance their differences away till morning light. In challenge, in surprise, in awe and in recognition. An empowering story, free from violence and filled with light and hope for the better days yet to come.
THE OCCURANCE OF COLOURS BY NIGHT
SOPHIE LENGLACHNER | GERMANY | 2023 | 5 MIN | NO DIALOGUE
The dystopian genderfluid fashion of textile artist Sophie Lenglachner is interpreted by contemporary dancer Jan Kollenbach, playing with the dynamic of oscillating between shadow and brightness. The textile as a canvas leaves its state as an inanimate object to conquer a ruinous industrial landscape.
BOOB
LOKCHI LAM | CANADA | 2023 | 7 MIN | ENGLISH
Boob is a 7 minute romantic comedy following the trials of Butch, a large left boob who struggles with his masculinity, as he works to impress his new crush in unfortunately toxic ways. Shot entirely on green screen with an iPhone and animated to within an inch of its life using scraps from the internet, this film examines the tensions of normative transmasculinity from the perspective of one of its exiled subjects, the breast.
BUNNY DECIDES TO GO
VUSALA HAJIYEVA | AAZERBAIJAN | 2023 | 16 MIN | AZERBAIJANI S.-T.EN.
Home is not always a comfort zone. Sometimes the house can turn into a real hell. If the place where you are staying, your hometown and everything around you is making you uncomfortable and your life is in physical danger as the last straw, the only alternative is to run away. The isolation, fear and threats to my life in Baku led me on an unplanned trip to Tbilisi. I have to adapt to a new life in a new city, solve the problems I carried with me and “what will happen next?” Will I find an answer to this question?
SEAHORSE PARENTS
MIRIAM GUTTMANN | NETHERLANDS | 2023 | 9 MIN | ENGLISH
Four (soon to be) transgender parents share their personal stories of what carrying their future children as transgender males is like.
LAMBING
KATIE MCNEICE | IRELAND | 2023 | 18 MIN | ENGLISH
A young dad in rural Ireland must face his anxiety around gender and bullying when his baby is born intersex.
PARADOXE (BABY TRANS)
PIERRE MAJEAU BROUILLETTE-HAMELIN | CANADA | 2023 | 12 MIN | FRENCH S.-T.EN.
Paradoxe offers a portrait of Laure, a gentle but intense soul. As she begins feminizing hormone therapy, Laure learns to tame the bodily, emotional and identity changes she’s experiencing.
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