2023 TRANSlations is a hybrid festival featuring unforgettable features, shorts, and events that celebrate all things trans. Our theme this year is TRANS THROUGH TIME because trans folks have always been here and always will be. Get pumped for a whole new slate of films that depict the array of trans experiences!
The festival will be available to stream virtually anywhere in the U.S. May 4-7. You can also join us for in-person screenings and events at Ark Lodge Cinemas and The Beacon Cinema May 5 & 6. This is our first year taking over the Columbia City neighborhood and we're really excited to connect with new audiences there.
RSVP on Facebook. Follow @translationsfilmfestival for updates. Stay tuned for announcements about our films and special guests!
[100% of our films will be subtitled/captioned, as part of our larger efforts to make our programs as accessible as possible to the vast intersections of the LGBTQ+ community.]
ABOUT TRANSLATIONS
Translations: Seattle Trans Film Festival showcases films by, for and about trans, non-binary, and gender non-confirming people. Launched in 2006, Translations is one of only nine trans-focused film festivals in the world, providing an innovative space for creation and connection for under-represented and marginalized identities. Through virtual and in-person screenings, parties, panels, workshops, and community meet-ups, Translations invests in relationships that build bridges and advocate for a more equitable future.
MEET OUR LEAD PROGRAMMER
Anto (they/them) is a filmmaker, performance artist and curator from Santiago, Chile, based in Lenapehoking, Brooklyn, NY. Rooted in theater and martial arts, Anto explores dynamic interconnections between the practice of embodiment and experimental cinema to create visual portraits of personal and political themes in the form of 16mm film, video and performance.
Anto has taught 16mm film production and is one of the founding members of the AgX Film Collective. Anto has been a Curatorial Fellow at Oberhausen Film Seminar and Flaherty Seminar and is a 2022 FCA Emergency Fund Grantee. Anto was a guest artist for DocMontevideo, Corrient.es and Mills Gallery BCA. Their work has screened at Hot Bits, CreateART, Frontera Sur, Arica Nativa, Emma Goldman Film Festival, WILDDOGS Screendance Festival, Other Cinema, Echo Park Film Center, Montreal Underground, Artifact Small Format, Crater-Lab, Zumzeig CineCooperativa and others. Anto has been a guest programmer at Anthology Film Archives, Maysles Documentary Center, Go Shorts Film Festival, Uppsala Kort Film Festival and is currently a Senior Curator at Millennium Film Workshop.