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  • Utah Queer Film Festival
  • Vinokino Lesbian & Gay Film Festival
  • Vues d'en Face - Grenoble
  • Way OUT West Film Fest
Transforming Cinema

Transforming Cinema

We are very pleased to announce that transgender film festival Transforming Cinema has been given the green light.

Earlier this year we campaigned to get funding for transgender film festival Transforming Cinema but despite great support from across the country we were unfortunately unsuccessful in getting securing the grand prize at the time. However, we are extremely pleased to announce that we have now secured funding from The Big Lottery Fund that enables us to go ahead with the project anyway, albeit on a smaller scale.

What is Transforming Cinema?

Born out of our previous projects E.D.E.N Action! and Trashing Transphobia, Transforming Cinema aims to create a trans focused film festival giving transgender and gender nonconforming people a platform to broadcast their voices and stories.

Why is this important?

In the past few years we have seen press cover the stories of transgender and gender nonconforming people more regularly but there is still a lack of understanding in society at large. Mainstream films rarely touch upon this subject and trans people are suffering because of the widespread ignorance and negativity that often surrounds their depiction in the media.

Depression, self-harm and suicide are some of the issues that affect trans people to a much higher rate than non-trans people; media representation is low and the messages we do hear are negative, unhelpful and even harmful.

Transforming Cinema will challenge this as we launch a national film festival that champions trans people, films and stories.