2025 SFTFF: Program 2: Music and Animation

Monster in the Mirror (in the time of Executive Orders)

Using the wisdom from a 90’s Sesame Street song, this playful performance art piece celebrates the existence of trans and nonbinary people.

Directed by Al Ellison.    4:30 | United States | 2025

Dragfox

Sam’s search for identity gets interrupted by a mysterious neighbourhood fox.

Directed by Lisa Ott.  8:10 | United Kingdom | 2024

“Strange Power” Music Video

“Strange Power” from MAXA musical features Paula Maxa as she romanticizes and reflects on her morbid curiosities born from traumatic events that escalated her rise to fame, paying homage to the “poor witches of the middle ages” who burned at the stake before her.

Directed by Daniella Caggiano.   5:40 | United States | 2020

An Extraterrestrial Exchange

A student from out of this world tries to fit in with human middle schoolers.

Directed by Ash Bieber.    4:25 | Switzerland | 2025

Are you scared yet?

Are you scared yet? by Cvntess is a response to anti-trans disinformation campaigns, which continue to harass, attack and erase trans lives.

Directed by Elle Whitney.   3:55 | Norway | 2025

Shemergency

She’s come to Earth to save her sisters.

Directed by Paolo Accogli.  2:36 | Italy | 20

i feel like throwing up

“i feel like throwing up,” directed by queer artist Tom Goss and starring Shea Diamond, is Ryan Cassata’s fierce and unflinching music video that transforms illness and oppression into a radiant celebration of trans resilience, joy, and chosen family.

Directed by Tom Goss.   3:47 | United States | 2025

The Martial Forest

This is Kung Fu Trans from the Future!

Directed by J Triangular.  8:00 | Taiwan | 2025

A New Creation Story

Blending animation, poetry, music, stories rooted in various cultures and live elements, A New Creation Story celebrates Black Trans community and retells the making of the Universe — taking us on a journey from before the first molecule was crafted until the precise moment where everything has truly come to be.

Directed by J Mase III, Lady Dane Figueroa Edidi, Audria LB.  6:23 | United States | 2025