Tranny Fest

TRANNY FEST
NOVEMBER 5-7, 2009
The Nation's Original Transgender Film Festival Returns!

DATE: Thursday-Saturday November 5-7, 2009
TIME: All events start at 8pm / Doors 7:30pm
VENUE: Mama Calizo’s Voice Factory
(1519 Mission Street @ 11th Street, SF)
TICKETS: $12 at the door
INFO: www.freshmeatproductions.org

Tranny Fest, the nation’s first transgender film festival is back for its 12th year, offering up short underground films and live performances by local transgender and genderqueer artists. Everything from the taboo to the profane, and from the political to the drag-tastic power of mascara, November 5, 6 and 7 at Mama Calizo’s Voice Factory.

Co-presented with Fresh Meat Productions, Tranny Fest proves it’s not always about size this year: all films this year are 10 minutes or less.

Thurs November 5th at 8pm: Tranny Fest Live!
- Award-winning modern dance, maverick performance artists, steamy burlesque and kink chasing rock n’ roll adventurers collide in this one-night-only performance event.
- Featuring Sean Dorsey Dance, King TuffNStuff, Chan Dynasty, StormMiguel Florez, The Rice Kings, Thisway/Thatway and Shawna Virago. Emceed by the legendary Fairy Butch.

Fri & Sat November 6 and 7 at 8pm: Tranny Fest Film Festival
-The Festival opens November 6 with R is for Revolution, a collections of short films that obliterate the two-party gender system.
-The Festival continues November 7 with G is for Glitter, a shorts program exploring sex, love and rock n’ roll. Visit www.freshmeatproductions.org for full program details.
-Note: November 7 program is 18+.

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Tranny Fest, established in 1997, is the nation’s first transgender/genderqueer film festival and emerged for the same reason so many marginalized communities have organized film festivals: the absence of authentic representations of transgender lives and experiences in the mainstream commercial media. In the 12 years since, Tranny Fest has remained defiant, proudly programming outside the box, exhibiting groundbreaking, provocative, outrageous, courageous, moving and innovative works that show the complexity of lives lived on the transgender/genderqueer spectrum.

Tranny Fest Artistic Director Shawna Virago, a long time favorite in San Francisco’s underground transgender music scene, is widely celebrated as a gifted lyricist and edgy provocateur.

The Festival’s co-presenter, Fresh Meat Productions, is an award-winning leader in the creation and presentation of transgender and queer arts. www.freshmeatproductions.org