1hr 44 mins // Digital Projection

This one’s for the lovers! Fall for someone you’ve only exchanged letters with, confess your feelings to the cutie you’ve been dating, talk shit while sharing a joint on a date in San Francisco, and maybe even do some homoerotic wrestling with the cutie at the beach. Soft & Sweet is a romantic shorts program full of longing, lust, and love.

Program:

The Difference Between Us // dir. Imran Siddiquee // 2023 // 24 mins

An undocumented immigrant in Philadelphia starts to fall for a roommate she’s never met — forming a connection that will test the limits of her romantic imagination.

Black Trans Miracle // dir. Tinaye Nyathi // 2023 // 19 mins

Lindani, a neurotic young trans man, struggles to tell his partner Tam he loves them after a random encounter with a stranger shakes his self-confidence. But as he finds himself pushed and pulled in all directions by the perceptions of others, can Lindani reconnect with himself enough to figure out how he really feels?

Take Me There // 2023 // 21 mins

A night of dating, romance, and love in San Francisco.\n Attend two dates in a single evening.

Boys in the Water // dir. Pawel THOMAS LARUE // 2024 // 40 mins

End of summer on the Breton coast. Oscar invites his group of friends to spend a week's vacation at his grandparents' house. He hasn't been back to his childhood home for years - not since he came out as a trans boy. On the beach, the gang meets Malo, a handsome local guy, also trans. The story is about their meeting, which will turn everything upside down.

Stray Cat Film Center is excited to serve as a satellite screening location for TRANSlations, a Seattle-based film festival screening works by and about trans persons!