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Faggotgirl Gets Busy In The Bathroom

This short is a playful and sexy romp (no dialogue) through the bars of Philadelphia's "gayborhood" to explore if the bars are wheelchair accessible, and if they have gender-neutral bathrooms. That sounds technical, (and the film does include accurate information about accessibility standards), but it stars Faggotgirl, a butch dyke super-hero action figure (of myself). This short is affirming of transgender/GNC people and people with diverse mobility methods.

  • Krissy Mahan
    Director
  • Krissy Mahan
    Writer
  • Krissy Mahan
    Producer
  • Project Type:
    Animation, Short
  • Genres:
    comedy, animation
  • Runtime:
    4 minutes 3 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    August 8, 2016
  • Production Budget:
    20 USD
  • Country of Origin:
    United States
  • Country of Filming:
    United States
  • Language:
    English
  • Shooting Format:
    digital
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
  • 2019 Invert Visions, London
    London
    United Kingdom
    November 21, 2019
    Official Selection
  • 2018 Lesbishe Schwule Filmtage Hamburg: An Unashamed Claim to Beauty: Short Films at the Intersection of Queerness and Dis/ability
    Hamburg
    Germany
    October 18, 2018
    German Premiere
    Official Selection
  • 2018 Queer Access Film Festival (Inaugural)
    Berlin
    Germany
    August 31, 2018
    World Premiere
    Official Selection
  • An Unashamed Claim to Visibility: Short films at the intersection of queerness and dis/ability
    London
    United Kingdom
    April 29, 2018
  • 2017 GenderReel
    Minneapolis,MN
    United States
    April 29, 2017
  • 2016 Wotever DIY Film Festival
    London
    United Kingdom
    September 4, 2016
    World Premiere
  • StoryShifter: Where Tech & Culture Intersect for the Social Good
    Brookyn, NYC
    United States
    October 22, 2017
    NYC Premiere
    Finalist
Director Biography - Krissy Mahan

Krissy Mahan (they) has been making movies using humor as a feminist tool for 25 years. Mahan’s movies center the social failures around accessibility, gender identity, mental health, immigration, and working class post-industrial cities. Mahan teaches in public elementary schools and modifies homes for elderly, toddlers and disabled people.

In autumn 2018, Mahan's work will screen at Queer Access Film Festival in Berlin, the All Genders, Lifestyles and Identities Film Festival (aGLIFF) in Austin, and as part of the program An Unashamed Claim to Visibility, at the Lesbisch Schwule Filmtage, Hamburg. Mahan's films have been screened at Anthology Film Archives as part of the inaugural Feminist Film Week (NYC), the British Film Institute (London), Union Docs (Brooklyn), Tisch Film School at New York University, BFI's "Queer Women In Love" program (various UK locations), New York University's GenderReel (various locations), Wotever DIY Film Festival (London), SQIFF/Scottish Queer International Film Fest (Glasgow), GAZE Film Festival (Dublin), Creative Quarters Folkstone, Kent (UK), The Cinema Museum, London (UK), Oska Bright program of Leeds Film Festival (UK), Women Over 50 Film Festival, Brighton (UK).

Academic Screenings: International Center For Photography (NYC), Tisch School of the Arts (NYC), University College (London), Kingston University (UK).

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