Trans Lives On-Screen presents The TransInternational Shorts Block, a collection of five short films all by trans directors. The goal of this block is to provide space for different artistic visions of trans life, and while separated by time and space, these films are united by subject matter and gaze.

The films are as follows:

Gender Troublemakers

dirs. Mirha-Soleil Ross, Xanthra Phillippa

1993 // 25 mins // Digital Projection // English

What happens when two trans dykes get sick of non-transsexuals’ uninformed representations of their sexualities and their lives? They grab their 8 millimeter home video camera, their last 200 bucks, and come up with an uncompromising in-your-face flick about their shitty relationships with gay men and their unabashed attraction to other transsexual women.

Mes chéris

dirs. Ty Wardwell, Ethan Folk

2020 // 12 mins // Digital Projection // English

Part doc, part pornography, “Mes Chéris” is a transboi’s farewell to his boobs. This raunchy tribute subverts straight porn tropes and mainstream trans* representation in a radical act of self-love.

Ni Aquí Ni Allá

dir. Ley Comas

2021 // 15 mins // Digital Projection // Spanish w/ English subtitles

Growing up in the Dominican Republic, filmmaker Ley Comas had a negative understanding of their trans identity. Years later, they attempt to share their truth with their religious family.

Your Daughter Was Here

dir. sadhini weerasekera

2022 // 18 mins // Digital Projection // English

On a rainy afternoon, an estranged daughter attempts to reach out to her mother.

Terratoma

dir. Liadán Roche

2024 // 24 mins // Digital Projection // English

A trans woman tries to recreate a traumatic relationship for a film project.