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7pm Saturday, January 31st at The Screening RoomROCKETING THROUGH GENDER SPACE : shorts program
Gender diverse folx can always get by with a little help from our cisgender friends. This program of narrative and documentary shorts honours allyship for gender diverse communities.
Needle Tips d. Cassidy Civiero & Alanna Schwartz/Canada/2025/13:40 Needle Tips is a documentary examining the intersection between trans health care and reproductive health care, as a transgender man helps his friend undergo IVF injections. Information on navigating the health system in Canada is interwoven with intimate interviews based on the filmmakers' lived experience. Rooted in friendship and care for one another, Needle Tips gives a behind-the-curtain look at how to strive for bodily autonomy in the current sociopolitical context.
The Reveal d. Jackie Hoffart/Canada/2025/13:49 Stevie struggles to support their sister’s gender reveal party, while harbouring a gender update of their own. This charming comedy pulls back the curtain on gender performance of all varieties, and shines a whimsical light on the stumbling, imperfect, yet loving ways families show up for one another.
Their World in Colour d. Nico Susilo/Canada/2025/10:00 Charlene Chua, an award-winning illustrator and author, embraces the challenges of fostering inclusivity through children’s books.
Mirror d. Fath Montoya/Canada/2025/10:00 Entering into their final year of high school, teenage Jay begins to question their gender identity. While working on a class assignment, they seek to find self-acceptance despite the challenges.
Elijah d. Razid Season/USA/2024/19:00/Bengali and English with English subtitles Haider, a Bengali Muslim taxi driver faces the reality that the American Dream may never be his. Under this backdrop, crisis spills into his family life as his child, Shoshi, is consumed by their own struggle, a desire to live life fully as man in a trans-phobic immigrant culture.
Pink Elephant d. Maria del Mar/Canada/2025/12:58 A long-standing friendship creeps into conflict around gender identity, but is quickly resolved when one friend receives some news that changes their lives forever.
The Exchange d. Amaia Yoldi/ Spain/2023 /14:00/Spanish with English subtitles Antonio and Inés are two complete strangers who arrange a meeting through a second-hand app. Inés wants to sell something she no longer tolerates; Antonio wants to try it. When they meet, an odd sense of mutual understanding emerges between them. However, what we do privately is not always something we want to acknowledge.
Total Runtime: 95:00min
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