Highlights For Translations Closing Weekend

May 11, 2017• byMichael Strangeways

I’m swamped with stuff so yes…I AM totally cheating and doing a lazyass cut ‘n’ paste job from the latest PR from the TRANSLATIONS FILM FESTIVAL, now the biggest transgender film festival in the universe and in its closing weekend from now (Thursday, May 11) through Sunday, May 14th. I want y’all to be aware there are still several cool films and events to check out including a fascinating closing night film and a live music concert on Saturday. Here’s the purloined poo from their gorgeously formatted press release!!!

Visit translationsfilmfest.org to see the final weekend schedule.

CLOSING NIGHT FILM & PARTY

Get your tickets for DIE BEAUTIFUL before they sell out!

The film on Sunday, May 14th at 7pm is followed by our closing party at Purr Cocktail Lounge!

Co-presented by

Pride ASIA

SECOND WEEKEND HIGHLIGHTS

CRIMINAL QUEERS $5 show!

Thursday, May 11th @ 6:30pm

Henry Art Gallery, UW campus

Criminal Queers yearns for a world free of prisons, where the strict confines of gender and sexuality will also crumble…(more)

GLORIA & GRACE

Friday, May 12th @ 7:15pm

Northwest Film Forum

US Premiere!

Identity and destiny intersect in this melodrama about a dying woman reconnecting with her estranged sibling. (more)

REAL BOY

Saturday, May 13th @ 7pm

Northwest Film Forum

With the support of his best friend Dylan and fellow transgender performer Joe Stevens, Ben journeys to find his voice. (more)

Use the promo code

SAM

for

$3 off when you buy online.

Joe Stevens Concert featuring Ben Wallace

Saturday, May 13th @ 9:30pm

Northwest Film Forum

Joe Stevens and special guest Ben Wallace, subjects of REAL BOY, perform a one-night only concert at Translations! (more)

Use the promo code DANNY for $3 off when you buy your ticket online.

FINDING KIM

Sunday, May 14th @ 2pm

Northwest Film Forum

This visually astonishing documentary by Seattle director Aaron Bear follows Kim’s search for self-acceptance after a lifetime overcoming drug addiction and isolation. (more)

Use the promo code DAVID to receive $3 off your ticket when you buy online.

Partnership with Deaf Spotlight

This weekend, Deaf Spotlight presents three performances of the new play, SKIN. Performed entirely in ASL and subtitled in English, the sexy and dramatic work centers around four Deaf, queer women in Seattle. Get tickets HERE.

And Translations is proud to announce that over a dozen programs at this year’s film festival are Deaf-Friendly. These programs have interpreters for introductions and films that are fully subtitled. Programs over closing weekend that are Deaf Friendly include CRIMINAL QUEERS, the sexually explicit MORE LOVE, the US Premiere of GLORIA & GRACE, as well as our Closing Night film DIE BEAUTIFUL! Find them all HERE.

About the Author: Michael Strangeways

As the Editorial Director/Co-Owner, Michael Strangeways writes, edits and does about a million other jobs for Seattle Gay Scene, Puget Sound's most visited LGBTQ news, arts and entertainment website now celebrating its 14th year as a media outlet. A semi-proud Midwesterner by birth, he's lived in Seattle since 2000. He's also a film producer who would like you to check out the Jinkx Monsoon documentary, "Drag Becomes Him" now available on Amazon.com. In his spare time, he gets slightly obsessive about his love for old movies, challenging theater, "otters", vodka, chocolate, "I,Claudius", Lizzie Borden, real books made out of paper, disaster films, show tunes, Weimar era Germany, flea markets, pop surrealistic art, the sex lives of Hollywood actors both living and dead, kitties, chicken fried steak, haute couture and David Bowie. But, not necessarily in that order.