International Trans Documentary Shorts

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Samoa, Pakistan, Ghana and the USA – these are the countries that the international documentary transgender category will take us to visit and present us with a complex and often not simple situation of the lives of transgender men and women in different corners of the globe.
Duration: 90 minutes

The Rogers
Directed by: Dean Hamer, Joe Wilson
Production: Leanne Ferrer, Joe Wilson
Cast: Seta Tiatia, Vanila (Ice) Heather
USA, 2020, 16 min, English and Samoan with English subtitles

An intimate glimpse into the first group of transgender men in the Pacific – the Rogers, from Samoa. From loneliness as a result of family rejection, living as homeless on the street to a fraternity of cooking, dancing and a LGBT church. Their stories reveal the challenges as well as the possibilities of life in a traditional society on the island.

GENDER X
Directed by: Manolo Ty
Production: Manolo Ty
Cast: Inaya Zarakhel, Romesa Roy
Germany, 2020, 23 min, Urdu and English with English subtitles

“Gender X” describes the lives and challenges of transgender women in Pakistan today. The film is composed of interviews with trans women in Islamabad, including model Inaya Zarachel, who became the first transgender woman to file a police complaint about violence toward a transgender person.

It’s still me, Mom.
Directed by: Eleonora Privitera
Production: Eleonora Privitera
USA, 2020, 11 mins, without subtitles

A very intimate look at a mother and daughter. Ashley is at the end of a gender transition process in order to authentically feel like herself. For her mother Susan, the feelings are much more complex and they both need to find the balance within the situation.

Shéár Avory: To Be Continued
Directed by: Abram Cerda
Production: Abram Cerda, Shéár Avory
USA, 2020, 26 min, English without subtitles

In the style of Cinéma vérité, the sweeping “Shéár Avory: To Be Continued” brings to the screen the story of the 17-year-old Shéár Avory (pronouns: they/them/theirs). They live in Los Angeles and navigate between the instability in housing, dependence on their mother for medical transition and the attempt to deal with the complex reality.

A Throne for Miss Ghana
Directed by: David Muñoz
Production: David Muñoz
Spain, 2020, 14 min, Spanish and English with English subtitles

Veso Golden is a transgender woman who lives in loneliness and constant fear for her life because of the conservative society in Ghana. She was selected to participate in the “Miss Trans” beauty pageant in Spain, but the way to fulfill the dream of taking part in the international beauty pageant is not simple at all.


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