At A Glance
Nov 4th
Nov 5th
Nov 6th
Awards & Closing
8 pm Naughty Bits
(erotic short films program, 18+)
Echo Park Film Center
1200 N Alvarado Street
Los Angeles, CA 90026
4pm Get Happy shorts
6pm Reception
7pm Elvis & Madona
(Brazil, 105 mins)
The Renberg Theatre
LA Gay & Lesbian Center
1125 N. McCadden Place
Los Angeles, CA 90038
3pm Truth to Power shorts
5pm Reception
6pm Orchids: My Intersex Adventure
(Australia, 60 mins)
7:30p
Awards & Closing Party
(open bar, free)
The Workmen's Circle
Cultural Center
1525 S. Robertson Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90035
Nov 6th, 7:30pm
Awards & Closing Party
(open bar, free)
Luminary Award:
Andrea James & Calpernia
Addams.
Audience award and Jury award winners.
The Workmen's Circle
Cultural Center
1525 S. Robertson Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90035
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Join us November 9th at 7:30 pm for a special screening of Cuerpo Equivicado, a documentary about the first trans person to transition medically in Cuba.
Nov 4th
8 pm Naughty Bits (erotic short films program, 80 mins)
The popular Naughty Bits screening returns for a night of seduction with erotic short films from trans and queer filmmakers. With this succulent tour through trans-sexualities, there is sure to be something for every taste and desire.
Screening is 18+
Friday November 4th, 2011
Echo Park Film Center
1200 North Alvarado Street
Los Angeles, CA 90026
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Tickets $10, with 2 drinks $15 onsale October 5th
Nov 5th
4 pm Get Happy (short films program, 80 mins)
Enjoy the brighter side of life with this hilarious, heartwarming, and witty collection of short films. Peak into a world of fantasies fulfilled, a world where happy endings abound, and trans folks walk triumphantly through a world of our own making.
Featuring:
“Get Happy” by Mark Payne 25 mins
A coming of age musical extravaganza about a child drag performer who worked with Bob Hope and Milton Berle by age 13, and later became a fashion designer and makeup artist to the stars.
“Getting Off” by Meliza Bañales and J. Aguilar 17 mins
The story of a boi on a search for her missing orgasm.
“Secret Picnic” by Phillipe Lonestar 9 mins
Teenagers have a fantasy picnic where the worlds of their desires come to life.
“Help Wanted” by Truc Thanh Nguyen 10 mins
In the heat of desperate times, “help wanted” doesn’t apply to a genderqueer Asian looking for employment.
“Hazlo Oficial” by Angélica Gamboa 9 mins
Ariel, a transgender latina child faces the hardship of transitioning homes and embracing her gender identity, inspiring the adults around her to confront their own identity-based issues head on.
“So Pomo” by Kalil Cohen 3 mins
Post-modern, queer, surreal music video featuring Metahuman.
“Transsexual Dominatrix” by Shawna Virago 3 mins
Music video featuring Shawna Virago and her band of kinky musicians.
“No More Lies” by Sam Feder 4 mins
Filmmaker Sam Feder interviews their boyfriend, filmmaker Jules Rosskam, to make transparent the power dynamic, construction, and manipulation inherent in all media making. No transfolks were harmed in this video, they really do love each other.
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6-7pm reception in the courtyard
7 pm Elvis & Madona (Brazil, in Portuguese w/ English subtitles, 105 mins)
Madona, a transgender performer, and Elvis, a genderqueer photographer living in Rio de Janeiro Brazil, meet by chance when Elvis delivers Madonas pizza one evening. The two quickly find themselves entangled in each others lives, infatuated yet confused by their growing desires. Falling in love while struggling to fulfill their artistic dreams, this film offers a feel-good celebration of the power of love.
Elvis & Madona had its US premiere at Tribeca in 2010,
and has won dozens of awards at festivals across the world.
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Saturday November 5th, 2011
The Renberg Theatre (The Village at the LA Gay & Lesbian Center)
1125 North McCadden Place, Los Angeles, CA 90038
Tickets $10, w/2 drinks $15 (beer, wine, non-alcoholic)
onsale October 5th
Nov 6th
3pm Truth to Power (short films program, 80 mins)
These inspirational short films take an educational and empowering look at trans and genderqueer lives. Celebrate the power of living truthfully with this collection of creative, defiant, and transformative shorts.
I'm Just Anneke / Jonathan Skurnik / 11 mins
A portrait of a 12-year-old who is determined to be true to herself and maintain a gender fluid identity, with support from her parents.
No Line to Cross / Amanda Murphy / 5 mins
Adrian introduces us to his process as a crossdresser.
Rites of Passage / Jeff Roy / 20 mins
Filmmaker documents a transgender woman from India through moments leading towards surgery in Bangkok, Thailand.
Fale and Memale Created He Them / Ronny Almog & Emil Ray / 5 mins / Israel (In Hebrew with Subtitles)
The creation story told from a transgender perspective.
Of Truth A Canvas by Monely Soltani / 5 mins
An LA native, two spirited artist, shares of his journey transitioning from female to male through his art.
"Vessel for My Heart" by Ryan Lexi / 13 mins
How does someone share their perspective of being trans when friends and family may not see the world from the same set of eyes?
Against The Grain
/ Betty Yu & OluSeyi / 6 mins
Against the Grain follows the story of Oluseyi, a cultural organizer, artist and graduate student who is undergoing testosterone therapy treatment and working to create an identity that is gender non-conforming.
Calling Nate / Pamela Gawn / 25 mins
A transgender parent her and genderqueer child struggle to understand each other's different ways of defining themselves and relating to the world.
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5-6pm Reception
6 pm Orchids: My Intersex Adventure by Phoebe Hart (Australia, in English, Documentary, 60 mins)
A closely guarded family secret has left filmmaker Phoebe Hart and her two sisters filled with shame and anger. When she breaks the silence about the hereditary intersex condition that runs in her family, she is confronted with fear and hostility from her mother, and rage from her younger sister. Her family is transformed by Phoebe's insistence that they accept each other (and themselves) unconditionally. A favorite at festivals across the world, Orchids was picked up for distribution by Women Make Movies in 2011.
preceded by Transformations by Vahid Vahed
(Iran, in Farsi with subtitles, Documentary, 18 mins)
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7:30 pm - 9:30 pm Closing Night Party and Awards ceremony (Free, open bar)
Join us as we close out the festival with Andrea James and Calpernia Addams of Deep Stealth Productions receiving their Luminary Awards. See who gets the audience and Jury awards, and join us for the dance party!
Sunday November 6th, 2011
The Workmen's Circle Cultural Center
1525 S. Robertson Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90035
Tickets $10, w/2 drinks $15 (beer, wine, non-alcoholic)