2023 San Francisco Transgender Film Festival

Program 2

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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
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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.
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All films in this program are closed-captioned.

En route to a party, a lonely traveler discovers that their skin is turning to paper. The more they try to hide, the more they fall apart, until gender dysphoria and euphoria clash in a mess of spilled ink and torn paper.


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Jack Warren is a New York-based nonbinary writer and filmmaker hailing from the Hudson Valley. Their award-winning short film, ARTEMIS, has screened internationally and across the US, including at the Woodstock Film Festival and the London FRINGE! Queer Film and Arts Festival. They've shot music videos for world-renowned songwriter Machan Taylor, cabaret rockstar Amanda Palmer, and legendary horror auteur, Larry Fessenden. Their newest project, Papergirl, began its run at St. Bimbo's Film Church and has gone on to play for fans of queer horror all over the world, screening at the GAZE International LGBTQ Film Festival and TRANSlations. In their free time, they work as a camp counselor for The Wayfinder Experience, a live action roleplaying summer camp where they first discovered the power of swinging a foam sword and playing pretend. You can read Jack's writing on movies at jackwarren.substack.com.

  • Year
    2023
  • Runtime
    5:08
  • Language
    English
  • Country
    United States
  • Premiere
    California
  • Genre
    Short, Experimental, Thriller, Horror
  • Subtitle Language
    English
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  • Director
    Jack Warren
  • Screenwriter
    Jack Warren
  • Producer
    Jack Warren, Jacob Daniel Brodsky, Willis Weinstein
  • Cast
    Willis Weinstein
  • Cinematographer
    Jacob Daniel Brodsky
  • Editor
    Jack Warren