Wicked Queer 36

US PREMIERE

FESTIVAL SPOTLIGHT

THROWBACK FROM 

Trans Shorts I

Sunday

Jul 26

@

4:00 pm

With in person.

Wicked Queer 36

SHORT FILM PROGRAM

Trans Shorts I

Sunday

,

Jul 26

@

4:00 pm

With in person.

Wicked Queer 36

US PREMIERE

WORLD PREMIERE

FESTIVAL SPOTLIGHT

Trans Shorts I

Sunday

Jul 26

@

4:00 pm

Xerb.tv

With 
 in person.
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Content warning:
This film is presented in
with English subtitles.
The first of two trans-themed shorts programs in this year’s fest begins with a mermaid and ends with a unicorn. It dances in many places, and tells many stories. Come along on this journey to many lands and spaces, many views and faces, of trans experience.
Diane Griffin
Programmer
Wicked Queer is proud to co-present this program with
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This short film program includes the following films:

Chrishna Ombwiri

12
min 
Content warning:
Chrishna became a woman again. As the water goes by, she remembers and tells us. The spirits of the river watch. Directed by Claire Doyon | 2019 | 12 min | France | French with English Subtitles
DIRECTOR
Claire Doyon
COUNTRY
France
LANGUAGE
French with English Subtitles\t

Dance, Dance, Evolution

18
min 
Content warning:
Dance, Dance, Evolution is a short documentary film exploring transgender people’s relationship to dance. Directed by Jules Roskam | 2019 | 18 min | United States | English
DIRECTOR
Jules Roskam
COUNTRY
United States\t
LANGUAGE
English

Ladies, Gentlemen, and Everyone In Between

10
min 
Content warning:
A short essay film attempting to formally combine day-to-day props and itineraries in Beirut. These elements, whether formally gendered or transformed into something that is, all become part of a personal narrative where I am made aware of my gender. This experiment challenges the notion of the binary as I navigate through the city as both male, female, and neither. Directed by Ash Wadi | 2019 | 10 min | Lebanon | Arabic with English subtitles
DIRECTOR
Ash Wadi
COUNTRY
Lebanon
LANGUAGE
Arabic with English subtitles

Down Dog

9
min 
Content warning:
In the two weeks they’ve known one another, yoga instructor Tammy hasn't had a chance to talk to Marcus about her trans experience. Does she have to? A question considered by thousands of transgender people daily.
DIRECTOR
Shae Xu
COUNTRY
United States\t\t
LANGUAGE
English

Trans in Trumpland: Rebecca's Story

9
min 
Content warning:
Rebecca is a woman of transgender experience. An immigrant from Mexico, Rebecca has had to fight for everything she has; womanhood, asylum, and community. In this short documentary, we explore all the ways in which Rebecca is a beacon of resilience in the face of an increasingly hostile political climate. Directed by Tony Zosherafatain | 2019 9 min | United States | English __Content Warning: Descriptions of Abuse.__
DIRECTOR
Tony Zosherafatain
COUNTRY
United States\t
LANGUAGE
English

Miller & Son

21
min 
Content warning:
A transwoman mechanic lives between running her family’s auto shop during the day and expressing her femininity at night, until an unforeseen event threatens the balance of her compartmentalized life. Directed by Asher Jelinsky | 2019 | 21 min | United States | English
DIRECTOR
Asher Jelinsky
COUNTRY
United States\t
LANGUAGE
English\t

A Brief History of the Unicorn

15
min 
Content warning:
"A young girl who is fascinated by unicorns comes into conflict with her parents and her catholic school when she demands that her confirmation sponsor be her aunt, who is a transgender woman." Directed by Mina Sewell Mancuso | 2019 | 15 min | Canada | English
DIRECTOR
Mina Sewell Mancuso
COUNTRY
Canada\t
LANGUAGE
English