Translations Transgender Film Festival opens this week on Capitol Hill
By Paul Torres
Capitol Hill Seattle blog
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Film festivals are special things. Transgender film fests? There aren't many places on the planet where you can be part of one. Three Dollar Bill Cinema presents Translations: The Seattle Transgender Film Festival 2010, returning for its fifth annual run over four days, May 13-16. This year's films are a mix of short films, documentaries, comedy, and compelling dramas that showcase the diversity of transgender filmmaking.
Translations is a groundbreaking film festival providing the Pacific Northwest with a venue for films by, for, and about transgender people encouraging visibility and positive representations of transgender issues. Launched in 2006, Translations is one of only a few transgender fi