You’re very welcome to Trans* Film Fest Stockholm 2016 in collaboration with ABF Stockholm & with support from Kulturstöd Stockholms stad, RFSL, RFSL Stockholm, RFSL Ungdom, RFSU Stockholm & Majority Design och Kommunikation.
After months of planning, we would like to announce our film programme & share some further information about Trans* Film Fest Stockholm in November.
The 2nd Edition will be slightly different from last year, with the event running from Friday 18 to Sunday 20 November.
With thanks to our generous funders & community supporters, we are very pleased to announce that all of our screenings & events will be free of charge.
Friday 18 November
Biocafé Tellus
19.00-21.30 TRANS* SEXUALITIES
A selection of films by & about trans* & gender-diverse people on sex, love, & relationships.
* Forbidden Love, 8 mins, India, 2014, Ashish Sawhny
* Princess of Everyday Life, 9 mins, Germany, 2015, Dan Dansen
* Technical Difficulties of Intimacy, 19 mins, USA, 2015, Joel Moffett
* Trans Guys are Hot, 5 mins, UK, 2012, Tom O’Tottenham & Serge Nicholson
* Her Story, 55 mins, USA, 2016, Sydney Freeland
Tickets are FREE, but registration is REQUIRED.
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/trans-film-fest-stockholm-opening-night-registration-27774269588
Melodybox
21.00-01.30 Trans* Film Fest Stockholm OPENING PARTY
Please join us in Melodybox for an evening of singing, dancing & spoken word performances with friends, old & new.
Doors open at 21.00.
Performances start at 22.00 with DJs from 22.45-01.30.
*** ALL AGES ARE WELCOME ***
*** MUST BE OVER 18 TO BUY ALCOHOL ***
Tickets are FREE, but registration is REQUIRED.
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/trans-film-fest-stockholm-opening-party-tickets-28613472667
Saturday 19 November
Bio Rio
15.00-17.00 THE NEXT GENERATION
A selection of short films by & about trans* & gender-diverse young people, followed by a panel discussion on representation of gender-diverse young people in film.
* Felix betyder lycklig, 12 mins, Sweden, 2016, Julian Yderbo
* Trans i skolan, 8 mins, Sweden, 2016, Eli Hellström Persson & Sandra Tjörnmark
* Raising Owen: A Genderqueer Love Story, 11 mins, USA, 2016, Meg Brown
* Viktor, 11 mins, USA, 2016, Ann Prim
* Pink Boy, 15 mins, USA, 2015, Eric Rockey
* Nasser, 19 mins, the Netherlands, 2015, Melissa Martens
Panel Discussion
Representation of Trans* & Gender-Diverse Young People in Film with Yolanda Bohm (RFSL Ungdom) & guests.
Tickets are FREE, but registration is REQUIRED.
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/trans-film-fest-stockholm-the-next-generation-tickets-28591392625
18.00-20.00 PIONEERS & RESISTERS
A selection of films about trans* & gender-diverse pioneers & resisters – a gay trans* man, a movement protesting trans* exclusion, a trans* woman fighting to be treated like any other widow, & a legendary “matriarch” of Cape Verde’s queer community.
* We’ve Been Around – Lou Sullivan, 5 mins, USA, 2016, Rhys Ernst
* We’ve Been Around – Camp TRANS, 6 mins, USA, 2016, Elliot Montague
* Flying Solo, 8 mins, USA, 2014, Leslie Von Pless
* TCHINDAS, 96 mins, Cape Verde, 2015, Pablo García Pérez de Lara & Marc Serena
Tickets are FREE, but registration is REQUIRED.
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/trans-film-fest-stockholm-pioneers-resisters-tickets-28592790807
Sunday 20 November – Trans* Day of Remembrance
FEMTOPIA
Brunch from 11.00-13.00
Bio Rio
13.30-15.30 REMEMBERING
A selection of films to mark Trans* Day of Remembrance – remembering a successful gospel-singing trans* man, the activism of Marsha P. Johnson & Sylvia Rivera, a Homecoming King gone too soon, & the life and campaigns of Miss Major Griffin-Gracy.
* We’ve Been Around – Little Axe, 5 mins, USA, 2016, Rhys Ernst
* We’ve Been Around – STAR, 6 mins, USA, 2016, Rhys Ernst
* BrocKINGton, 9 mins, USA, 2014, Sergio Ingato, Mason Sklut & Maggie Sloane
* MAJOR!, 91 mins, USA, 2015, Annalise Ophelian
Tickets are FREE, but registration is REQUIRED.
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/trans-film-fest-stockholm-remembering-tickets-28593501934
We very much look forward to seeing you in November. ♥