2023 San Francisco Transgender Film Festival

Program 2

Expired November 20, 2023 7:59 AM
Already unlocked? for access
8 films in package
Sir Valence Presents: Watching U
Log into the hellish Zoomscape of drag dæmon, Sir Valence, and their concussed/concursed post-police brutality exorcism of the masks we wear and the selves we’ve sold to surveillance capitalism. { Set to "Watch Me" and "Faceshopping" by trans musicians, Anohni and the late SOPHIE (respectively), this experimental video concoction is a mediatized rumination on the double-edged sword of [hyper]visibility (of queer and trans, disabled, PoC, etc. bodies) vs. the police surveillance state/the Panopticon (and its enmeshments with Christocentric white supremacy, ableism, #Academia, etc.) in the Zoom/COVID era--and possible Community interventions to burn all that shit down. }
Ordinary
"We do not see things as they are, we see them as we are." - Anaïs Nin. In a personal, experimental essay, Ordinary asks the question, "Have your eyes really seen (me?)."
Closed captions available
Papergirl
Gender dysphoria gives way to terrifying metamorphosis when a lonely partygoer discovers that their skin is turning to paper in this queer horror short.
Closed captions available
The Story of Mafalda (A História de Mafalda)
The tragic melody of a transgender woman who was murdered by her lover.
The Little Piratemaid
The Little Piratemaid is about what it’s like to discover yourself as a trans person in a cis-normative world—even if that world is one of pirates and mermaids!
Closed captions available
Not All Boys Look The Same
A short coming of age story about a young trans boy who struggles to accept his identity
Closed captions available
I SEEK YOUR HELP TO BURY A MAN (Procuro Teu Auxílio Para Enterrar Um Homem)
Don't fool yourself Soldier. This country is a mirage.
Shipping Them
A non-binary daydreamer pines for the life of the girl next door, but soon finds out the grass isn't always greener on the other side.
Protected ContentThis content can only be viewed in authorized regions: United States of America.

All films in this program are closed-captioned.

Log into the hellish Zoomscape of drag dæmon, Sir Valence, and their concussed/concursed post-police brutality exorcism of the masks we wear and the selves we’ve sold to surveillance capitalism.

Set to "Watch Me" and "Faceshopping" by trans musicians, Anohni and the late SOPHIE (respectively), this experimental video concoction is a mediatized rumination on the double-edged sword of [hyper]visibility (of queer and trans, disabled, PoC, etc. bodies) vs. the police surveillance state/the Panopticon (and its enmeshments with Christocentric white supremacy, ableism, #Academia, etc.) in the Zoom/COVID era--and possible Community interventions to burn all that shit down. }


----


Rev. g (they/he) is a crip Corean transDisciplinary artist-activist + healer-abolitionist + scholar-masochist, who dreams of Queer Utopia and Access Intimacy. Sir Valence was spawned as a dragged embodiment of that which is most feared: the Panopticon. And ‘Watching U’ was conceived as a Community response to conquer it.

  • Year
    2023
  • Runtime
    5:28
  • Language
    English
  • Country
    United States
  • Premiere
    World
  • Genre
    Short, Animation, Music Video, Experimental, Science Fiction, Horror, Ritual, Political, Disability Justice
  • Subtitle Language
    English
  • Director
    Sir Valence
  • Producer
    Eisa Al-Shamma, Andrew K Wang, Maya Scott-Chung, Charlie O’Donohue, Rachel Zilberg
  • Cast
    Sir Valence, Eisa Al-Shamma, Maricela Sistos, Mike Solorio, Elisa Lupin-Jimenez, Illari Alvarez, Mel Chua
  • Cinematographer
    Beau Ocean
  • Editor
    Sir Valence