Ireland’s first trans and non-binary film festival is coming to the Light House Cinema from April 25 to 27, 2025. TITE (trans image/trans experience) promises to showcase “the coolest, sexiest, best new work by trans filmmakers”, encompassing shorts and features from Ireland and abroad.

The festival aims to shift the focus of trans film from representation to craft by championing trans and non-binary filmmakers and building connections between creators and audiences. In addition to screenings, the three-day festival will offer a dedicated space for talks and events featuring pop-ups from Little Deer Comics, the Small Trans Library, and local trans artists.

 

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Festival Director James Hudson, who also programmes for GAZE International LGBTQIA Film Festival and the monthly Small Trans Film Club, said: “For the last couple of years we’ve been in the early stages of a very exciting moment for trans cinema, with new feature work from Vera Drew, Jane Schoenbrun, Elliot Page, Luis De Filippis, D. Smith, Zackary Drucker, and many more. TITE is going to bring this energy to the heart of Dublin and connect Irish people to the best of new trans film, making our little island part of an international filmmaking movement.”

Hudson added: “What many Irish people imagine when they think of ‘trans film’ is pretty outdated because we haven’t had the opportunity to fully engage with the breadth of creativity out there. What trans writers and directors are making on their own terms is much more weird, fun, sexy, and exciting than you can imagine.

“You can see a slice of this at this year’s GAZE Film Festival, with horny hybrid doc Desire Lines, bizarre pulp epic She is Conann, and a wealth of trans-made shorts across the fantasy-horror UNREAL shorts and the experimental BREAKTHROUGH shorts.

“TITE asks, what does trans film look like when trans people make it on their own terms? What are the images we make, the experiences we share? Save the date, 25-27 April 2025, and you might find out.”

Festival Co-Programmer Lee Isac from Queer Spectrum Film Festival stated: “TITE is incredibly groundbreaking not just in setting precedence as the first trans-centric film festival in the UK & Ireland but also in how timely the launch is in this current political climate. Our voices and stories need to be seen and heard now more than ever.

“Trans and non-binary filmmaking has always explored the artform in a singular way and the TITE team is so very excited to showcase the myriad of artistic vision and experiences to trans and ally audiences in Ireland – sexy, scary, sentimental – we have it all.”

Additional TITE organisers include Festival Producer Caleb J. Roberts from Outburst Arts, and Festival Manager Julian Bernard from Small Trans Library and GAZE.

Together, the festival team hopes to further expand audiences’ understandings of trans cinema by offering: “a unique festival of exciting and engaging film, from mainstream cinema to the fringe DIY filmmaking.”

Submissions for the festival will soon open from August 12 until October 12, and the team shared: “Whether you’re a full-fledged feature filmmaker, a DIYer (in every sense), or a film lover looking for a side of the cinema you’ve never seen before, TITE was made for you.”

Festival submissions will be open via FilmFreeway, and organisers added: “We’re in the middle of a big beautiful moment in trans film – and the TITE team wants you to be a part of it.”

TITE will additionally host a fundraiser screening of new Irish trans shorts at 6:30pm on November 19 in the Light House Cinema. To stay up to date on this event and everything related to Ireland’s first festival of trans and non-binary cinema, follow TITE on social media or join their mailing list.