Transgender Film Festivals
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DIVERGENTI International Trans Film Festival
Bologna, Italy | First week of December
Divergenti is organized by MIT-Movimento Identità Trans of Bologna, the oldest LGBT association in Italy and oldest Trans association in Europe. The 13th edition of Divergenti will focus on the issues of detention and institutional violence within the penal system.
websiteKiel Transgender Film Festival
Kiel, Germany | Late April
Transgender film festival staged by restaurant and cinema TraumGmb.
websiteTranslations: Seattle’s Transgender Film Festival
Seattle, Washington, USA | Early May
Groundbreaking film festival that provides the Pacific Northwest with a venue for films by, for, and about transgender people and the issues facing the transgender community. Director: Sam Berliner.
websiteTranScreen: Amsterdam Transgender Film Festival
Amsterdam, The Netherlands | Late May
Biannual film festival that seeks to showcase transgender experiences beyond those that fit into a binary interpretation of gender—”a gender stretch to the max”!
WebsiteThe 519 Annual Trans Film Fest
Toronto, Ontario | Mid-September
The 519 Annual Trans Film Fest is a grassroots community event for trans people of all ages, abilities, and backgrounds to share their work.
websiteSan Francisco Transgender Film Festival
San Francisco, California, USA | Early November
SFTFF screens films that promote the visibility of transgender and gender variant people and challenge the mainstream media’s negative stereotypes of our communities. Director: Shawna Virago.
websitetilde: Melbourne Trans and Gender Diverse Film Festival
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia | Early November
Community-based, international film festival that showcases and supports the work of TGD filmmakers and artists, and works that have TGD content, for TGD people, allies, and the wider community. Directors: Louise Malcolm & Cal Andrews.
websiteTrans Fest Stockholm
Stockholm, Sweden | Late November
Our goal was to create a free trans community film festival that would be a positive, empowering safer space for trans & gender-diverse people & allies. Since then, our plans & ambitions have grown & we have branched out into different community events & activities. Directors: Love Elfvelin, Noah Elstad, Alex Fridunger, Cat McIlroy, & Jojo Stenberg.
websiteTransFormations: Trans Film Festival Berlin
Berlin, Germany | Late November
Amid all the whitewashing of queer, trans* and inter histories in mainstream media and institutions, we want to celebrate the legacies and visions of Black, Indigenous, PoC, poor and working class, disabled folks and migrants within the make-up of queer, trans* and inter, pasts, presents and futurities.
