The San Francisco Transgender Film Festival Announces 2021 Line Up & Dates
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Shawna Virago, artistic director of the San Francisco Transgender Film Festival (SFTFF) presents the 2021 edition of the annual festival dedicated to films by transgender and gender-nonconforming filmmakers, highlighting innovative, experimental, and outside-the-box films. Now in its 24th year, SFTFF runs online from November 11-14, with a rich offering of seven new short film programs and 42 films, featuring a range of genres from documentaries and politics to animation, dance, music, romance, coming-of-age tales, and thrillers.
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Says Virago: “This year’s festival features powerful and vibrant film works that showcase trans and gender-non-conforming communities’ resilience and strength along with their street smarts, sass, sexuality, friendship, humor, and courage. Virago continued, “It’s deeply personal and imperative to tell our trans stories — the stories that mainstream media platforms aren’t interested in telling — and share our filmmakers’ creative visions with audiences worldwide, making these films accessible from the comfort of home.”
The festival’s full line-up with film guide and information regarding the filmmakers, e-tickets, and program streaming is available online at SFTFF.org. All programs are offered on a pay-what-you-can sliding scale and are closed-captioned for Deaf and hard-of-hearing audiences.
SFTFF was founded in 1997 as the world’s first transgender film festival and continues to blaze a path independent from mainstream festivals by holding true to its DIY, community social justice, and artist-driven roots. 2022 will mark the festival’s 25th-anniversary celebration.
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The San Francisco Transgender Film Festival (SFTFF) presents and screens films that promote the visibility of transgender and gender-variant people and challenge the mainstream media’s negative stereotypes of our communities. We provide opportunities for transgender and gender-variant media artists, build community through our festival and engage our audiences in cross-community dialogue.
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Shawna Virago has been the San Francisco Transgender Film Festival’s artistic director since 2003, curating the programs, organizing fundraising, and coordinating production staff and volunteers. Virago’s own original films have screened at festivals throughout the world. Virago is a celebrated transgender singer/songwriter, known for her mix of original songs, storytelling, and standup.
