Film archive

An index of films from TGIRLSONFILM programmes and collaborations.

49 films · A–Z

Still from 21st Century Nuns.

21st Century Nuns

1994 · Tom Stephan
UK · 10 min

Tom Stephan’s short documentary follows the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, whose drag activism combines humour, queer community and campaigning around HIV and AIDS.

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Still from A Diva’s Christmas Carol.

A Diva’s Christmas Carol

2000 · Richard Schenkman
USA / Canada · 88 min

Vanessa Williams plays Ebony Scrooge, a ruthless pop star visited by three Christmas spirits in this musical television adaptation of A Christmas Carol.

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Still from A Taste of Flesh.

A Taste of Flesh

1967 · Doris Wishman
USA · 73 min

Two criminals hold three women captive in a house in Doris Wishman’s black-and-white exploitation thriller.

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Black-and-white close-up of a person resting their face against their hand, from All Women Are Equal.

All Women Are Equal

1972 · Marguerite Paris
UK · 15 min

An intimate portrait of Paula, a trans woman living in Nottingham. Paris gives space to her account of everyday life, identity and finding other trans people.

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Allo Performance!

2002 · Mirha-Soleil Ross & Mark Karbusicky
Canada · 13 min

Mirha-Soleil Ross stages a pregnancy in a black-and-white performance video, bringing trans embodiment and imagined motherhood into dialogue with her mother’s voice.

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Still from Americana.

Americana

2025 · Agarb Braga
Brazil · 20 min

Bryanna, known as Americana, waits with friends at a police station as a detective tries to establish what happened during a fight at a playground.

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Still from Barbie.

Barbie

2023 · Greta Gerwig
USA / UK · 114 min

When her seemingly perfect life begins to go wrong, Barbie travels from Barbie Land to the human world, with Ken along for the ride.

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Still from ¡Beso de lengua!.

¡Beso de lengua!

2024 · José Luis Zorrero
Mexico · 15 min

Itzcóatl and Moisés’ first date takes an unexpected turn when an unusual game tests the balance of power between them.

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Still from Boys in the Backyard.

Boys in the Backyard

1997 · Annette Kennerley
UK · 22 min

Matt and Jo talk in their backyard about their relationship, trans lives, tattoos and tomato plants in Annette Kennerley’s portrait.

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Still from Castration Movie Anthology i. Traps.

Castration Movie Anthology i. Traps

2024 · Louise Weard
Canada · 275 min incl. interval

Louise Weard’s first anthology follows a production assistant and a Vancouver trans sex worker through intersecting stories of gender, relationships and the desire for a different life.

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Still from Charlotte in Sweden.

Charlotte in Sweden

2002 · Rosa von Praunheim
Germany · 14 min

Rosa von Praunheim visits Charlotte von Mahlsdorf in Sweden for a late-life interview, returning to the subject of I Am My Own Woman.

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Still from Chroniques.

Chroniques

1992 · Mirha-Soleil Ross
Canada · 12 min

Mirha-Soleil Ross uses a candid video diary to talk about sex work, desire and the difficult realities of negotiating safer sex with clients.

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Still from Cock Crazy or Scared Stiff.

Cock Crazy or Scared Stiff

1992 · Sunil Gupta
UK · 5 min 27 sec

Two young men flirt and negotiate pleasure and safer sex in a Brixton flat in Sunil Gupta’s short film, made with gay men of colour in mind.

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A performer in a white gown and feathered headdress walks before an audience, from Drag Ball.

Drag Ball

1981 · John Samson
UK · 20 min

John Samson records the performers, costumes and celebrations at Ron Storme’s drag ball in West London.

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Still from Eva Man.

Eva Man

1980 · Antonio D’Agostino
Italy / Spain · 75 min

Eva Robin’s and Ajita Wilson star in an Italian trans-exploitation film about Eva, her friend Ajita and a device designed to control desire.

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Still from Flaming Ears.

Flaming Ears

1992 · Ursula Pürrer, A. Hans Scheirl & Dietmar Schipek
Austria · 89 min

In the ruined future city of Asche, a comic artist seeks revenge on a pyromaniac and finds shelter with a mysterious alien in this DIY queer science-fiction film.

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Still from Framing Agnes.

Framing Agnes

2022 · Chase Joynt
Canada / USA · 75 min

A cast of trans performers re-enacts interviews from a 1950s UCLA gender clinic, bringing overlooked lives into conversation with contemporary experiences of trans identity and history.

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Still from Gendertroublemakers.

Gendertroublemakers

1993 · Mirha-Soleil Ross & Xanthra Phillippa MacKay
Canada · 20 min

Mirha-Soleil Ross and Xanthra Phillippa MacKay offer an intimate self-portrait of trans activism, desire and the politics behind their zine Gendertrash.

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Still from Glen or Glenda.

Glen or Glenda

1953 · Ed Wood
USA · 65 min

Ed Wood stars as Glen, who struggles to tell his fiancée about cross-dressing, in a surreal mixture of personal confession, medical drama and Bela Lugosi narration.

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Still from Hearty.

Hearty

2024 · Rosie Powell, Keir Cooper & Emma Frankland
UK · 45 min

Emma Frankland’s filmed performance brings trans ancestry into conversation with HRT, violence, erasure and the possibilities of trans survival.

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Still from I Am My Own Woman.

I Am My Own Woman

1992 · Rosa von Praunheim
Germany · 91 min

Charlotte von Mahlsdorf participates in this portrait of her life, moving between documentary and re-enactments of her experiences in Germany.

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Still from I Saw the TV Glow.

I Saw the TV Glow

2024 · Jane Schoenbrun
USA · 100 min

Teenagers Owen and Maddy bond over a strange late-night television show. As its images seep into their lives, the boundary between the screen and their own identities begins to blur.

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Still from Let Me Die a Woman.

Let Me Die a Woman

1977 · Doris Wishman
USA · 79 min

Doris Wishman combines interviews with trans people, dramatised experiences and surgical footage in a hybrid of documentary, medical education and exploitation cinema.

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Still from Love, Jamie.

Love, Jamie

2023 · Karla Murthy
USA · 19 min

Trans artist Jamie Diaz creates vivid paintings while incarcerated in Texas. Her friendship with Gabriel Joffe helps her work reach an audience beyond the prison walls.

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A parade participant waves from an open-top car amid a crowd and placards, from MAJOR!.

MAJOR!

2015 · Annalise Ophelian
USA · 90 min

A documentary following the life and activism of Miss Major Griffin-Gracy, a Black trans elder and lifelong advocate for her community.

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Black-and-white still of two people posing together indoors, from Nancy, Henri and Elizabeth.

Nancy, Henri and Elizabeth

1973 · Bob Aibel & Lynn Fagan
USA · 16 min 42 sec

Nancy, Henri and Elizabeth share their experiences of gender, desire and everyday life in a portrait of Philadelphia’s early-1970s queer community.

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Still from Over Our Dead Bodies.

Over Our Dead Bodies

1991 · Stuart Marshall
UK · 50 min

Stuart Marshall’s Channel Four documentary examines AIDS activism through ACT UP, OutRage and Queer Nation, connecting organising in Britain and the United States.

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Still from Pete Burns: Unspun.

Pete Burns: Unspun

2006 · Johnni Javier
UK · 45 min

After leaving prison, Pete Burns is electronically tagged and ordered to stay with the fan who paid his bail in this fly-on-the-wall television documentary.

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Two people leaning their faces together in warm green light, from Salome.

Salome

2024 · André Antônio
Brazil · 118 min

Returning to Recife, Cecília encounters a secret cult devoted to Salome, whose rituals draw her into an unexpected world of desire and transformation.

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Still from Serpents of the Pirate Moon.

Serpents of the Pirate Moon

1973 · Jean-Louis Jorge
Dominican Republic / USA · 93 min

Go-go dancer Angel performs alongside her drag queen confidante Sahdji in Los Angeles, while memories of former lovers and past traumas increasingly intrude on her everyday life.

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Still from Sex Change: Shock! Horror! Probe!.

Sex Change: Shock! Horror! Probe!

1988 · Kristiene Clarke
UK · 58 min

Kristiene Clarke documents trans lives across Thatcher-era Britain, bringing together personal stories, activism and challenges to hostile media representation.

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Still from Stress Positions.

Stress Positions

2024 · Theda Hammel
USA · 95 min

During the summer of 2020, a Brooklyn household’s attempts to quarantine unravel into anxious conversations, tangled relationships and chaotic queer comedy.

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A pink-haired woman resting her face in her hand, from Terratoma.

Terratoma

2024 · Liadán Roche
Ireland · 24 min

Alice tries to process a damaging relationship by making a film, drawing an unwitting lookalike of her former partner into an increasingly personal project.

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Still from The Crying Game.

The Crying Game

1992 · Neil Jordan
UK / Japan · 112 min

After befriending a British soldier held hostage by the IRA, Fergus flees to London and seeks out the soldier’s girlfriend, Dil, in Neil Jordan’s thriller.

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Still from The People’s Joker.

The People’s Joker

2022 · Vera Drew
USA · 92 min

Vera Drew’s autobiographical superhero parody follows a trans woman pursuing comedy in Gotham City, combining live action, animation and a sprawling DIY world.

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Still from The Queen.

The Queen

1968 · Frank Simon
USA · 68 min

Frank Simon follows the 1967 Miss All-America Camp Beauty Contest, with Flawless Sabrina as guide and a memorable appearance by Crystal LaBeija.

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Still from The Serpent’s Skin.

The Serpent’s Skin

2025 · Alice Maio Mackay
Australia · 83 min

Two women discover supernatural abilities and form a romantic bond, before a demon puts their friends in danger in Alice Maio Mackay’s queer horror film.

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Still from The Truth About Gay Sex.

The Truth About Gay Sex

2001 · Kristiene Clarke
UK · 51 min

Kristiene Clarke explores gay sex through candid testimony, practical information and humour, questioning received ideas about pleasure and sexual identity.

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Still from TOPS.

TOPS

2024 · Ames Pennington & Jos Bitelli
UK · 70 min

Ames Pennington plays an intrusive television presenter meeting four people who have had top surgery, combining reality-TV satire with conversations about transmasculine life.

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Black-and-white close-up of a person with curly hair speaking, from Transsexuals.

Transsexuals

1971 · Shridhar Bapat, Daniel Landau, Susan Milano, Gary Ormiston & Elyshia Pass
USA · 25 min

An early video portrait of trans lives in New York, documenting personal experiences at a moment of emerging visibility and liberation.

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Still from Trash.

Trash

1970 · Paul Morrissey
USA · 110 min

Joe Dallesandro and Holly Woodlawn navigate addiction, sex, money and precarious domestic life in Paul Morrissey’s portrait of New York’s underground.

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