All films in this program are closed-captioned.

MAMA HAS A MUSTACHE is a short, quirky, fully animated documentary about gender and family, as seen through children’s eyes. Driven completely by audio interviews of kids ages 5-10, the film uses these sound bytes combined with clip-art and mixed media to explore how children are able to experience a world outside of the traditional gender binary.

MAMA HAS A MUSTACHE

A non-binary person explores their experience with dysphoria.

Graceful

A non-binary person explores their experience with dysphoria.

Spring 2021 is a season of transformation for ex-dancer Jack López – a transmasculine parent of four children. Starting testosterone at 43 and readying himself for top surgery, it is a period of huge physical change, but Diego, Frida, Issac and Emilia see Jack as “mummy” whether he has a moustache or not. M(OTHER)HOOD shows an unfiltered but fragmentary perspective of the parent, using the children’s art, cinematography, and words to gain privileged access to their domestic sphere.

M(OTHER)HOOD

A transmasculine parent begins hormone treatment at 43 in a film that deftly explores the shifting perceptions of their four children.

A transgender girl locks herself in her room for fear of the monsters that threaten her outside, until a new reality appears behind the mirror where these monsters do not exist and she is free to be who she is or who wants to be.

The Girl Behind the Mirror (A menina atrás do espelho)

A transgender girl locks herself in her room for fear of the monsters that threaten her outside.

Wide meadows, romping in the woods and building cabins. Leo (12) spends the autumn holidays with big sister Noémie and cousin Emil on Grandma Marlies' farm. However when Leo is surprised by what Grandma Marlies calls big news, Leo faces an identity crisis. "I am Leo" immerses itself into the emotional world of a child who is on the way to discover their gender identity. A film about expectations that overwhelm, about thoughts that restrict and about the courage to find yourself.

I am Leo (Weil ich Leo bin)

From one day to the next, everyone says that Leo is a woman now. But for Leo, that doesn't feel right at all.

A Chinese middle school student is concerned about her sexuality and gender expression. A fight in class leads to an escape of self-discovery.

Puberty (青春期)

A Chinese teenager confronts her friend in class, which leads to a self-discovery of her sexuality.

Three queer couples in Downtown L.A. have tender moments in their safe place when they are abruptly interrupted by sirens and anti-trans propaganda that fills the air. In this moment, they choose to push past their fear and join their community as they find strength in who they are.

Al Diablo

Found in an overwhelm of anti-trans policy and propaganda, a group of Latinx dancers take ownership of their identities.

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