San Francisco Transgender Film Festival

Founded in 1997 by Christopher Lee and Alex Austin, and originally named Tranny Fest, SFTFF was North America’s first transgender film festival. We are the world’s longest running transgender film festival. We organized our first festival for the same reason so many other marginalized communities have organized film festivals: the absence of authentic representations of our lives and experiences in the mainstream commercial media.

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Category: film festival
Website: http://sftff.org/

Documented Facts

Founded: 1997

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San Francisco Transgender Film Festival — Official Website (official)

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