Saturday May 11th 17:00 Kriterion Tickets
A selection of short films from 15 years of TranScreen, both from Dutch makers and abroad. Including an activist music video from Finland, a sweet Amelie-esque fairytale from Canada, and two coming-of-age stories from the Netherlands, this collage of TranScreen shorts is sure to surprise you!
Nasser (2015) Melissa Martens | The Netherlands | 2015 | 19 minutes | Drama | Dutch spoken, English subtitles Coming of age drama in which thirteen-year-old Nasser is expected to behave like a young woman. | |
I’ve Only Just Began (2013) E | Finland | 2012 | 7 minutes| music video | no dialogue The queer revolution must come now. Ragingly beautiful and empowering story about Venuz Vulgar and his friends on their way to St. Petersburg, Russia. Over 60 people were involved in this independent production, a real social media sensation. | |
Limina (2015) Joshua M. Ferguson & Florian Halbedl | Canada | 2015 | 15 minutes | English spoken, English subtitles A gender-fluid child named Alessandra who, led by innocence and intuition, is so curious about the lives of the inhabitants of a small picturesque town that they decide to play an active part in an unknown woman’s mourning process. | |
Pieptis (Abreast) (2015) Patrick Braila | Romania | 2015 | 11 minutes | Fiction | Romanian spoken, English subtitles The first short biopic to show the struggle of a transgender man coming out in Romania. | |
Sorry, out of gender (2021) Fox & Owl | UK | 2020 | 3 minutes | Music Video | English spoken, English subtitles A music video made by My Genderation collaboration with non binary musician Shonalika and Hazel Cronin where they explore and reflect on their experiences as a non-binary person in modern society. | |
Something About Alex (Anders) (2017) Reinout Hellenthal | The Netherlands | 2017 | 19 minutes | Drama | Dutch spoken, English subtitles Teenager Alex has a special bond with his sister’s boyfriend and must confront the depth of his feelings when he announces that they will be moving to the city. |