Transgender Film Festival 2016, celebrating diversity by screening films about transsexuals that give insight into trans-life.

18:00 – Shorts programme:

A selection of shorts including:

• Sisters by Mischa Badasyan. Germany, 3 mins. Experimental film about long hair. https://www.facebook.com/mischa.badasyan

• A Lilly in Bloom by Evan Storch. USA, 6 mins. With Natalia Garcia. Short film about ID-documents, that don’t represent the person. https://www.facebook.com/ALillyinBloomMovie

• Dawn by Jake Graf. UK, 14 mins. With Nicole Gibson and Harry Rundle. As dawn creeps across London, two lost outcasts meet in the darkness, more afraid of themselves than each other. https://www.facebook.com/DawntheMovieLDN

• Imago by Rubber Cripple. UK, 8 mins. Experimental documentary in black, grey and white, with a monologue of Eleanor Burns. https://burnseleanor21.wordpress.com

• Brothers (S02 E01) by Emmett Jack Lundberg. USA, 10 mins. With Will Krisanda and Julienne Jones. Boy meets girl: episode about a date. https://www.facebook.com/brothersseries

• Vessels by Arkasha Stevenson. USA, 15 mins. With Diamond Cruz. Iris-Prize-Winner about the need for legal surgery (look away if too demanding to watch). https://www.facebook.com/vesselstheafifilm

• Technical Difficulties of Intimacy by Joel Moffett. USA, 15 mins. With Buck Angel and Marianna Marroquin. Romantic comedy about a trans-couple.
  http://www.joelmoffett.com/#!technical-difficulties-of-intimacy/c16ne

• The Friend from Tel Aviv by Federica Gianni. USA, 12 mins. With Nitzan Krimsky. Noam is nervous and excited to meet his friend Natan after many years.
  https://www.facebook.com/TheFriendFromTelAvivShortFilmplus others tbc.

  
  20:00:

  Dressed as a Girl (2015)

  Directed by Colin Rothbart. UK, 101 mins. With Jonny Woo, Scottee, Holestar, Amber, John Sizzle, Pia.

  Filmmaker Colin Rothbart pulls off the wigs and wipes off the mascara to unveil the real people behind the much hyped and talked about East London’s alternative drag scene. Filmed over five years, the film covers not only the rise and fall of this hugely popular gay club scene but also offers some personal, emotionally honest portraits of six individuals at the heart it. http://www.dragmovie.com

  Doors open at 17.00, for a 18.00 start.

  Refreshments will be available in our licenced cafe/bar.

  TICKETS & PRICING

  Tickets £5.

  Tickets may be purchased from Billetto, or direct from the Museum by calling 020 7840 2200 in office hours.