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Trans Shorts II

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Jul 28

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1:00 pm

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SHORT FILM PROGRAM

Trans Shorts II

Tuesday

,

Jul 28

@

1:00 pm

With in person.

Wicked Queer 36

US PREMIERE

WORLD PREMIERE

FESTIVAL SPOTLIGHT

Trans Shorts II

Tuesday

Jul 28

@

1:00 pm

Xerb.tv

With 
 in person.
Director
Year
Run Time
min
Country
Language
PROGRAM Time
minutes
Content warning:
This film is presented in
with English subtitles.
The second of two trans-themed shorts programs goes deep into specific aspects of the trans experience, from unresolved issues of childhood pain and broken friendship, to an exploration of the beauty standard from the point of view of a transgender surgeon, to a gorgeous and ecstatic vision of Ballroom as it exists in French Guyana.
Diane Griffin
Programmer
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Across, Beyond, and Over

12
min 
Content warning:
Across, Beyond, and Over is a hybrid documentary about two estranged trans men who used to date in middle school reconnecting over a long weekend to develop a film about their past. Through the pre-production process and writing exercises, they are forced to reconcile the differences in how they want to portray themselves, their relationship, and their trans identities. Directed by Brit Fryer | 2019 | 12 min | United States | English
DIRECTOR
Brit Fryer
COUNTRY
United States\t
LANGUAGE
English

Translating Beauty

45
min 
Content warning:
The millennial generation has given rise to new voices and brought visibility to the transgender community – a part of society with a unique relationship to beauty. Translating Beauty explores beauty as a concept but through the lens of trans women and how their unique connection to it is working to redefine beauty standards for all women. Directed by Anita Ayres and Elizabeth Trojian | 2019 | 45 min | Canada | English __Content Warning: Brief Graphic Surgical Violence.__
DIRECTOR
Anita Ayres and Elizabeth Trojian
COUNTRY
Canada
LANGUAGE
English

Fabulous

46
min 
Content warning:
Lasseindra Ninja, the main character of the film, is a professional transgenre dancer born in 1986. She’s a well-known artist in France’s voguing scene. After building her career through the balls of New York, France and Brazil, among many other main stages, she comes back to her home country to introduce voguing in French Guiana. By the means of her workshop, we catch a glance of its emergence and its impact on self-empowerment for a consolidating LGBTQ community. A glimpse of self-liberation and freedom of expression through the body. Directed by Audrey Jean-Baptiste | 2019 | 46 min | French Guyana | French with English subtitles
DIRECTOR
Audrey Jean-Baptiste
COUNTRY
French Guyana\t
LANGUAGE
French with English subtitles\t
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