SFTFF 2026 – COMEDY

The 2026 San Francisco Transgender Film Festival opens with COMEDY, a shorts block featuring four outstanding and hilarious films.

Cockroach (23min)
Justice Singleton, USA, 2025

A bold, genre-blending short film exploring themes of sex, survival, connection, and identity through an unflinching, darkly funny lens. The film stars John Cameron Mitchell (Hedwig & The Angry Inch, Shortbus) and is written, directed by, and starring Justice Singleton.

Road to Roswell – A Welcome To Roswell Short (11:02min)
StormMiguel Florez, USA, 2025

A trans documentarian heads to Roswell, New Mexico with a small film crew to come out to his family and get it all on camera. On the road to Roswell where an infamous UFO crash allegedly happened in 1947, the crew listens to a sci-fi podcast which piques the camera operator’s curiosity about the town’s history and ignites her obsession with UFOs and Aliens.

While the director tries to keep the crew focused his coming out story, the stars may have something else in store for this production.

Road to Roswell is a short concept film based on StormMiguel Florez’s feature mockumentary, “Welcome To Roswell” which is currently in development.

Sam Wants Her Sweater Back (15min)
Whitney Chitwood, USA, 2026

Andi and Max’s best friend Sam was dumped months ago. But Sam’s ex, Poppy, still hasn’t returned her sweater. THE Sweater, cream colored, thick knit with the perfect hint of fraying. Andi, recently dumped herself (but why even bring that up?), won’t stand for it! So, in Andi’s mind the world becomes a gritty, neon laced action-thriller as they infiltrate Poppy’s house party in search of The Sweater. As the night unfolds and multiple plans unravel it becomes clear Andi’s vehemence has little to do with her friend’s knitwear and all to do with hiding from her own heartbreak.

A delightful romp from denial to acceptance after being broken up with, Sam Wants Her Sweater Back is ultimately about recovery from heartbreak through the love of friends.

Flash Sale (13:15min)
Autumn Boxley, USA, 2025

Two trans guys take an unconventional route to raise money for top surgery.

Approximate running time: 63 minutes