Shape Notes

Director: Bryan McHenry

2025 • USA • 12 min. • English

A middle-aged church organist seeks help caring for his aging mother and finds the courage to start exploring his identity.

Period

Director: Kat Olson

2025 • USA • 10 min. • English

Trapped in a nightclub, a trans man must brave the women’s bathroom after an invasive visit from that time of the month.

Trigger Warning: Physical violence.

Suitcase of Memories

Director: Edwin Domachowski

2025 • USA • 16 min. • English

In this coming-of-age story, a transgender teen returns to his hometown after being away for four years. As he reconnects with his childhood friend and love interest, he struggles to navigate the complexities of their relationship as she grapples with accepting him for who he is now. As they both struggle to come to terms with their feelings and changing identities, they must confront the past and face their uncertain future together.

Tucking

Director: Toni Blando

2025 • USA • 7 min. • English

Tucking is based on an awkward true story that highlights just one of the many unspoken growing pains of transwomen: tucking. The mission with Tucking is to shine light on the bold journey transwomen take, and surprise audiences with how much they themselves have in common with a transwoman.

Trigger Warning: Partial nudity.

This is Jan

Director: Robert Larriviere

2024 • USA • 22 min. • English

Set in the conservative world of the 1950s, Jan checks into a hotel seeking to escape the outside world. Once alone, they are free to shed the identity society has imposed upon them. Jan embraces the chance to explore who they truly believe they are. As they relish this new identity, a surge of confidence emerges, but they soon realize that not everything is as it seems. Faced with a choice between internal pressures and embracing their authentic self, Jan takes a bold step forward.

Dragfox

Director: Lisa Ott

2024 • Switzerland, UK • 9 min. • English

Sam’s search for identity gets interrupted by a mysterious neighborhood fox. Together they embark on a magical journey to the attic to discover the surprising things they might have in common, and how to celebrate the ways in which they differ.