LezDiff is proud to be supporting the students on the USW Film course to curate and organise a new sibling festival ‘TransDiff’ – running for the first time this year on Sunday 1st February 2026!
TRANSDIFF BOX OFFICE – ALL EVENTS!
PROGRAMME AT A GLANCE
PRE-EVENT WITH LEZDIFF – SATURDAY 31ST JANUARY 2026
EVENT 1 – OPENING CEREMONY – SUNDAY 1ST FEBRUARY
FREE EVENT – NO TICKET NEEDED
With opening speeches from Glitter Cymru & Trans Aid Cymru!
EVENT 2 – SHORTS + Q&A – SUNDAY 1ST FEBRUARY
‘This Is Me’
Non-Binary & Transmasculine Shorts
Dusk (2017) UK, 15 minutes [SORRY NO SUBTITLES AVAILABLE]
Director: Jake Graf
Writer: Jake Graf
The Family Album (2019) US, 20 minutes
Director: Anthony Chapman
Writer: Anthony Chapman
Scaring Women At Night (2022) Canada, 11 min
Director: Karimah Zakia Issa
Writers: Ace Clamber & Karimah Zakia Issa
Make Me A King (2021) UK, 16 minutes
Director: Sofia Olins
Natalie Arle-Toyne
Feeling Pretty (2025) UK, 15 minutes [USW Film]
Director: Amy Williams
Writer: Elias Bridgeman
None Of The Above (2022) UK, 11 minutes [USW Film]
Director: Robin Mitchell
Writer: Robin Mitchell
Portrait Of A Man (2024), UK, 5 minutes [USW Film]
Director: Jackson Reardon-Smith
Writer: Edison Hipkin
Teth (2024) UK, Welsh Language, 13 minutes
Director: Peter Darney
Writer: Leo Drayton
Representatives from the following films will be on the Q&A panel – Teth, None Of The Above, Portrait Of A Man, Feeling Pretty
EVENT 3 – FEATURE + DISCUSSION – SUNDAY 1ST FEBRUARY
Orlando: My Political Biography (2023) France
Director: Paul B. Preciado
Writer: Paul B. Preciado
More info on the film: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt26448981/
After this extraordinary documentary which explores 23 people’s transitions through the lens of Virginia Woolf’s novel Orlando, there is a post-film discussion regarding the significance of the book and the character to the Trans+ community.
With special guest actor Oliver Wickham who played Orlando on stage, it’s going to be fascinating.
EVENT 4 – FEATURE – SUNDAY 1ST FEBRUARY
A Fantastic Woman (2017)
Director: Sebastian Lelio
Writers: Sebastian Lelio, Gonzalo Maza, Eliseo Altunaga
Marina, a transgender waitress and nightclub singer, is shocked by the death of her older boyfriend. Mourning the loss of the man she loved, she finds herself under intense scrutiny from those with no regard for her privacy.
More info: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5639354/
