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Reelout Queer Film Festival Movie Screening

The Splendor of Gender Shorts

2025-02-05 18:00:00 2025-02-05 20:00:00 America/New_York Reelout Queer Film Festival Movie Screening For adults ages 18+. Join Reelout Queer Film Festival for a movie screening! Registration required. Central Branch - Meeting Room 1

Wednesday, February 05
6:00pm - 8:00pm

Add to Calendar 2025-02-05 18:00:00 2025-02-05 20:00:00 America/New_York Reelout Queer Film Festival Movie Screening For adults ages 18+. Join Reelout Queer Film Festival for a movie screening! Registration required. Central Branch - Meeting Room 1

Central Branch

Meeting Room 1

For adults ages 18+. Join Reelout Queer Film Festival for a movie screening! Registration required.

Join Reelout Queer Film Festival and the Kingston Frontenac Public Library for a screening of The Splendor of Gender Shorts. The films are unrated and recommended for an adult audience.

Reelout and the Friends of the Library have generously sponsored 20 free tickets for library patrons ages 18+. A library card is required for registration. Patrons can register for a library card online.

Additional tickets will be available for purchase on the Reelout website starting January 1.

Light refreshments provided.

The Splendor of Gender Shorts

I’ve Heard a Siren Calling – dir. Dylan Mitro/12:00/Canada/2024 A Great Lake Surfer has recently begun her transition as a Trans Woman. She now is having hesitations with putting her wetsuit back on, but something is calling her back. In the isolation of her cabin in a small fishing town, she seeks to find the courage to face her fears.

CeCe/Shades: Amplify Her Voice – dir. Salima Stanley-Bhanji/3:30/Canada/2024 Filmmaker, model and advocate Cece Chow talks about coming out at age 42 as a trans woman, her Asian heritage, Japanese kokedama plant art, and parenting her two children.

Body Varial – dir. Audrey Kerridge/15:01/Canada/2023 After recently undergoing top surgery, a transmasculine skateboarder attempts to reintegrate themselves back into their daily life. Throughout their recovery, they discover newfound struggles both physically and mentally in life post-operation.

Estetica Unisex - dir. Alvaro Acosta Gutierrezr/8:00/Peru/2022 The life of three trans women come together through Mishell´s memories. From Huancayo City to Atta Alley in Puno, Peru, the memories come with music, dance and also death.

Snakeskin – dir. Emily Bendeck Garay/12:00/Canada/2024 A trans girl misses her train stop one night and embarks on a surreal journey back home as her dreams start leaking into her reality.

Clementine – dir. Sally Tran/14:30/USA/2024 A late-blooming Trans woman reluctantly confronts an assigned-male-at-birth Trans specific life-altering dilemma. With the help of her besties, she attempts to process this debacle in order to determine which path to take on her journey of decolonizing her womanhood.

Bull, Trans - dir. Rivanildo Feitosa/14:50/Brazil/2024 “Bull, Trans” tells the history of Mahhy Silva, a singer who shines as the chanting voice leading the performance of the traditional Buma-meu-boi Mimo São Jorge in the inlands of the northeast of Brazil. The doc talks about the relationship between Mahhy's family conflicts and nature's waters .

Pietra – dir. Cynthia Levitan/13:00/Portugal/2024/Portuguese with English subtitles In daydreaming about unlikely relationships, the flower - as delicate as it is revolutionary - represents an act of love amidst the suffocation and embrace of a classic Portuguese neighborhood.

Total Running Length= 92:11 min 

AGE GROUP: | Seniors | New Adults | Adults |

EVENT TYPE: | Arts & Entertainment |

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