TRANSLATIONS ENCORE PROGRAM
BEST FEATURES WINNERS
AWARD WINNERS & LOCAL SHORTS
Catch our award-winning and local shorts from this year's festival!
CONTENT WARNINGS: NUDITY, GRAPHIC VIOLENCE, NON-EXPLICIT SEXUAL SITUATIONS
HOW NOT TO DATE WHILE TRANS
BEST NARRATIVE SHORT WINNER
Nyala Moon; 2021; USA; 13 min.
English captions
A young, Black, trans woman breaks it all down in this grim comedy: dating, romance, and the fourth wall.
I AM LEO
NARRATIVE SHORT SPECIAL MENTION
Tajo Hurrle; 2021; USA; 18 min.
German with English subtitles
The story of a child whose world is changing, and they don’t like it. First, their sister brought home a boy and has no more time to play, and second, their body is changing in ways that cause them to question their identity. Sweet, youthful, and expansive, I AM LEO reminds us that we are always our most true selves at our core.
WECKUWAPASIHTIT (THOSE YET TO COME)
BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT
Geo Neptune & Brianna Smith; 2022; USA; 12 min. English and Passamaquoddy
This documentary follows young Peskotomuhkati people as they reclaim the practice of athasikuwi-pisun or “tattoo-medicine,” illuminating ancestral memory and Native identity.
SHEA BY NASRA
BEST TRANS GENRE SHORT
Effy Adar; 2021; Canada; 2 min.
English captions
A visual poem about a displaced family exploring new pieces of home and self with love and joy. A celebration of intergenerational Black/African peoples that defies the myths of space, time, and separation from ancestors.
MOTHER OF PEARL
LOCAL SHORT
Moonyeka; 2022; USA; 7 min.
English captions
Moonyeka's self-proclaimed visual and embodied labyrinth is a picturesque short film that elucidates the sacramental process experienced by shelled creatures, particularly mollusks, oysters, and abalones, as parasitic energies encroach upon their environment.
THE CONCISION OF A SIX FOOT FIVE INCH TRANSGENDER WOMAN SHAVING HER BODY
LOCAL SHORT
Audrey Kiehn; 2022; USA; 5 min.
English captions
An intimate and meditative scene of a trans woman shaving her body.
EVENT RECORDINGS
Tea Time with the Duchess: Friday 5/6 with StormMiguel Florez & Sam Berliner
Tea Time with StormMiguel: Sunday 5/8 with Ava Davis, Lilly Wachowski, & Ser Anzoategui
Tea Time with the Duchess: Saturday 5/7 with Sarah Hill, Flo Singer, & Ben Dame
This Ends at Prom Live Podcast:
BJ & Harmony Colangelo discuss ALICE JUNIOR