SUNDAY OCTOBER 2nd 19:30 @Kriterion Inna Sahakyan| Armenië and Netherlands | 2019 | 76 min | Dutch subtitles | Documentary Mel is an intimate documentary about Mel Daluzyan, one of Armenia’s most talented weightlifters, a once beloved champion who has won medals and broken world records, but whose fame turned to infamy when his transgender…

WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 7th 19:30 – 21:30 @ Kriterion “Wednesday TransDay” We are hosting the European premier of the documentary ‘Mama Bears’, accompanied by a panel conversation. Daresha Kyi | USA | 2022 | 90 min | English spoken | Documentary Spread across the country but connected through private Facebook groups, over 30,000 mothers in America—many from conservative,…

SATURDAY AUG 20th 20:45 – 23:00 HOOGT ON TOUR UTRECHTTHUSDAY AUG 23rd 20:45 – 23:00 HOOGT ON TOUR UTRECHT In this extraordinary, internationally acclaimed documentary, a cast of trans actors take you through the story of a young trans woman forced to choose between honesty and accessibility to care. Agnes, the pioneering, pseudonymised trans woman who…

SATURDAY JULY 23th 2022 14:00 – 19:00 @ TOLHUISTUIN AMSTERDAM QUEER NETWORK AMSTERDAM CONSISTS OF 22 ORGANIZATIONS THAT AIM TO DIVERSIFY THE LGBTQI+ COMMUNITY IN AMSTERDAM. The focus of the network lies on the representation of groups and individuals whose positions, experiences and activities have not been visible enough. Black and people of color as…

SUNDAY JULY 24 19:30 – 20:45 @ Filmtheater KriterionThis screening is in collaboration with the TransPride & CinemAsia. Graham Kolbeins | Japan | 2019 | 100 min | Japanese spoken | English subtitles | Documentary We’re hosting a pre-pride film party to celebrate the upcoming Amsterdam Pride!Trailblazing artists, activists, and everyday people from across the spectrum of…

WEDNESDAY JUNE 8th 20:00 @ De Fabriek Zaandam Laurent Micheli | Belgium | 2019 | 90 min | Belgian and French spoken | English subtitles | Drama As part of the ZaanPride, we will be showing Lola vers la mer once, in collaboration with De Zaanse Regenboog. Aftertalk with Art and Femke from TranScreen and…

SUNDAY May 8th 19:30 – 20:45 @ Filmtheater Kriterion After discovering case files from a 1950s gender clinic, a cast of trans actors turn a talk show inside out to confront the legacy of a young trans woman forced to choose between honesty and access. Agnes, the pioneering, pseudonymized, transgender woman who participated in Harold…

SATURDAY May 14th 2022 19:10 – 20:00 @StudioK (Free admission) Queer visibility and representation is one of the goals of the queer community. But there are also risks. What happens when cisgender or straight people try to portray an experience they know nothing about? Do we run the risk of being reduced to a stereotype by one-sided…