TITE: Image Shorts (+Q&A)

CLUB 18+132 min

Synopsis

Pushing trans film images beyond simple representation, this programme combines visual splendour with an experimental edge to explore art, performance, transformation, and the dangerous but alluring ways they often bleed together…

Features a post-screening Q&A with filmmakers.

This screening features fully subtitled spoken dialogue. [OC] indicates Open Captions and [S] indicates subtitled dialogue. Films with neither feature no spoken language and no captions.

Principal Boy (2024, UK, 21') [OC].

Dir/Writ: Maz Murray

An audition, rehearsal, and performance of the central character in British pantomime, known as the ‘principal boy’.

Façade (2024, UK/Spain, 2')[S]

Dir: Sophia Vi

Following Facial Feminisation Surgery, a trans woman contemplates what it means to be alive through the words of William Shakespeare.

Club Chrome: Fxckery (2023, Australia, 13') [OC].

Dir/Writ: Arundati Thandur

Club Chrome, an Australian LGBTQIA+ pole dance collective, prepare for the Sydney World Pride premiere of their dynamic, high-production pole dance performance showcasing artists within Sydney’s LGBTQIA+, POC, and sex work communities.

Stay Awake (2024, Ireland, 3')

Dir/Writ: Aoife O’Byrne

Something sinister has taken over Simon's dreams, making it increasingly difficult to tell where the nightmare ends and reality begins.

Skin (2023, USA, 7')

Dir/Writ: Leo Behrens

A poetic exploration of self-discovery in which a woman meets her inner self, shedding old skin and embracing a new identity.

True Receiver (2025, USA, 4')

Dir: Judebird

A work of hand-painted 16mm film evoking the motion of leaving earth, burrowing deep into time and space and coming out the other side.

The Insect Graveyard (2025, Portugal, 20') [S]

Dir/Writ: Alex Simões

Where were you when you realized the irreversibility of death? Through grief, Alex recreates their childhood in a mechanic's workshop, transforming memory into a performance space for overcoming loss.

Smile (2024, UK, 1') [S]
Dir/Writ: Elle Short

A collection of facts from the internet.

Atmospheric Arrivals (2023, Canada, 6') [S]
Dir/Writ: Ayo Tsalithaba

A restless spirit travels through time, space and memory, exploring intersections of queer and diasporic identity.

Terratoma (2024, Ireland, 24') [OC]
Dir/Writ: Liadán Roche

Trying to recreate a traumatic relationship, Alice begins an invasive and deeply personal film project, dragging her loved ones into the film and destroying their relationships for her art.