trans films by trans filmmakers
March 2020
With screening venues currently closed due to the coronavirus, I was asked last week to compile a list of trans-made trans films that are currently available online for free for a film festival, as well as a film studies class, both needing to rework their lineup/syllabus to meet remotely. Over my 7 years as Festival Director for Translations: Seattle Transgender Film Festival I had compiled quite a catalogue and I was happy to dive in, see what was available, and share it. It occurred to me that this list might come in handy for many more people, so I decided to put it here on my website. At the moment it is organized by Feature Documentaries, Feature Narratives, Short Documentaries, and Short Narratives. I will continue to add to this and would love recommendations of more films to add. To add a film, please use this form. Thanks!
feature docs
PATERNAL RITES etc. work of Jules Rosskam - website here
MAJOR! - website here
A DEAL WITH THE UNIVERSE - website here
TRANSGENDER PARENTS and other work by Remy Huberdeau - website here
MAN MADE by T Cooper - website here
I AM THEY: A NON-BINARY LOVE STORY - website here
KATE BORNSTEIN IS A QUEER AND PLEASANT DANGER - Kanopy page here
OYA: SOMETHING HAPPENED ON THE WAY TO WEST AFRICA and other films by Seyi Adebanjo - website here
Some classic older feature docs are: SCREAMING QUEENS, BOY I AM
SHORT DOCS
DANCE DANCE EVOLUTION etc. work of Jules Rosskam - website here
WE'VE BEEN AROUND series of shorts by Rhys Ernst - website here
UMBRELLA and DEAR LOU SULLIVAN and more work by Rhys Ernst - Vimeo here
THIS IS ME series of shorts by Rhys Ernst - website here
FRAMING AGNES and GENDERIZE by Chase Joynt - website here
MORE LOVE, LESS PREPACKAGED BULLSHIT by Neelu Bhuman - website here
CHRISTINE IN THE CUTTING ROOM excerpt by Susan Stryker - YouTube here
THE 36-YEAR-OLD VIRGIN (sexually explicit) - website here
MY GENDERATION lots of shorts - website here
DATING SUCKS: A GENDERQUEER MISADVENTURE (my work) - website here
UNBOXED series - website here
PASSING short film - website here
SWITCHING TEAMS short film - YouTube here
AMERICA IN TRANSITION series by Andre Perez - website here
MORE THAN T by Silas Howard - website here
Zackary Drucker's short films - website here
Some classic older shorts are TRANNYMAL, WRONG BATHROOM
feature narratives
DRUNKTOWN'S FINEST by Sydney Freeland - on Amazon here
HER STORY by Sydney Freeland - on YouTube here
TRANSFINITE by Neelu Bhuman - website here
TORREY PINES by Clyde Petersen - website here
SO LONG SUBURBIA - website here
CRIMINAL QUEERS and all of Chris Vargas' work - website here
DOING IT OURSELVES: THE TRANS WOMAN PORN PROJECT (sexually explicit) - website here
Some classic older feature narratives are: BY HOOK OR BY CROOK
SHORT NARRATIVES
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, MARSHA! and Reina Gossett's other work - website here
PUSH PINK short film - festival listing
VICTOR XX - website here