Trans Image/Trans Experience (TITE) Film Festival is Ireland's festival of trans and non-binary cinema, taking place each April in the Light House Cinema!

TITE 2026 took place 16-19 April 2026.

Through screenings of short and feature films from Ireland and the international trans filmmaking community, TITE aims to shift the focus of trans film from representation to craft, championing trans and non-binary filmmakers and fostering lasting connections between artists and audiences.

TITE seeks to expand audiences' understandings of trans cinema through a unique festival of exciting and engaging film, from mainstream cinema to fringe DIY filmmaking.

If you cannot afford the submission fee, please email info@tite.ie to enquire about a fee waiver code.

(Header image from TITE 2026 Best Feature Film winner OCTOBER CROW.)

Awards & Prizes

A Festival Juror is invited to watch a number of films from the festival programme shortlisted by Team TITE, and select a winner for:

- Best Irish Short (2026 winner: PHOBOSPLUNKER, dir. Bee Mulvihill)
- Best International Short (2026 winners: Rat Trap, dir. Anaïs Alias & Avery Jaye, RAT+CAMMIE=FOREVER, dir. Marissa Sean Cruz)
- Best Feature Film (2026 winner: October Crow, dir. Jack Haven)

The juror may decide to add a number of Special Jury Awards in consultation with Team TITE.
TITE audiences vote throughout the festival to select a winner for:

- Audience Award for Best Feature Film (2026 winner: Divine Hammer, dir. the m sisters)
- Audience Award for Best Short Film (2026 winners: Purebred, dir. Caleb J. Roberts, How To Find A Career That Loves You Back, dir. Ethernet Wang)

And Team TITE internally selects a winner for:

- TITEst Film Award, selected by Team TITE to represent the spirit of the festival (2026 winner: its nice and calm here for sure. theres so much i wish i could've done. but now all i can do is this :(, dir. Orla Meyer & Alex Hickey)

Rules & Terms

1. TITE aims to showcase the best and most exciting contemporary trans and non-binary filmmaking to an Irish audience and to promote the work of trans and non-binary creatives in front of and behind the camera.

2. TITE is an annual event taking place in the Light House Cinema, Dublin.

3. Films submitted to TITE must focus on trans or non-binary characters and/or have included trans or non-binary department heads. Submitters will have the opportunity to highlight their trans/non-binary cast and crew members during submission process, but are not obligated to do so.

​4. TITE accepts unsolicited submissions of narrative, documentary, experimental and music films of any duration via FilmFreeway.

​5. TITE also screens narrative, documentary, experimental and music films selected by invitation.

6. Short films submitted to TITE must have been produced within the last two years. Feature films submitted to TITE must have been produced within the last two years. Premiere status is not required to screen at TITE.

7. Films which have received a theatrical or streaming release in Ireland are accepted for consideration at TITE.

8. Films using generative AI at any stage of production are not eligible to screen at TITE.

9. Films submitted to TITE not in the English language must be subtitled in English.

10. TITE cannot pay screening fees for selected materials and cannot offer financial support for visiting filmmakers' travel and accommodation.

11. TITE will not alter selected films in any way for their festival screening.

​12. If a film is accepted by TITE, stills and trailers provided by the submitter may be used for promotional purposes.

​13. Submission of a film represents agreement with these terms.
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  • La Fille Renne

    Thank you very much for screening our film "Our Joyful Endings".

    May 2026
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  • Cassidy Civiero

    Unforgettable times at TITE. Film programmers and festival organizers who care. I felt really seen and taken care of at this fest in a way that is very rare. Thank you so much TITE and I hope to be back.

    April 2026
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  • Henry Hanson

    Such a well curated AND well executed festival !

    September 2025
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  • Jack Warren

    TITE is the BEST!! Amazing programming and fantastic community spirit. Whether it be screening legends like trailblazer Kristiene Clarke or cutting edge trans filmmakers, TITE has it all. Such a privilege to participate in a soon-to-be institution!!

    August 2025
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  • Archie Sinclair

    We were so thrilled to screen TOPS and Principal Boy at the very first TITE Festival. All the films were brilliant and so thoughtfully programmed; there was a huge variety in stories/mediums/genres and it always felt well curated, like there was a through-line and a real character to the whole festival. They felt huge relief in having seen such a saturation of flawed and complex trans characters. With so much variety and such a wonderful audience, presenting both films in this context was glorious. The audience were connected through shared understanding but also totally trusting of each other to make their own meaning. How film should be shown! 

    May 2025
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