Troublemakers Film Program Information | Reel Youth | VQFF

TROUBLEMAKERS X

We are so excited to celebrate 10 years of Troublemakers programming and this year, in response to growing transphobia in British Columbia, we are doing things a little different.

Troublemakers X will be be supporting 2SLGBTQIA+ youth to make films featuring transgender Troublemakers. This program will honor and celebrate brave and beautiful trans people who are facing so much unnecessary hate. The project also builds community with participants and understanding and empathy in audiences.

The films will be widely distributed through a premiere at the Vancouver Queer Film Festival, extensive online distribution, and shared to a million+ subscribers on Telus Optic TV.

We are looking for ten young people and three Troublemakers to join this FREE program to learn filmmaking skills, build friendships, and create inspiring short films.

The venue for this program is being generously provided by SFU School for the Contemporary Arts and made possible with support from our friends at STORYHIVE, Out on Screen, and the Parachute Fund.

If you are a young person who is interested in participating or you want to participate as a trans Troublemaker (or you have a nomination!), please fill out the form through the link below. If you have questions email us at info@reelyouth.ca

This is an inclusive program open to all identities and abilities. We encourage Indigenous, immigrant, newcomer, refugee, people of colour, queer, two-spirit, trans, intersex, and gender-creative persons to apply. Up to 10 youth (ages 14-24) and 3 Troublemakers will be selected for this unique cross-generational video project.

The dates and times for YOUTH participants (Film Directors) are:
June 3 - 5 :   4PM - 8PM
June 6 - 7 :   10AM - 4PM
June 12 :   4PM - 8PM
June 13 - 14 :   10AM - 4PM

The dates and times for TROUBLEMAKER participants (Film Stars!) are:
June 5 : 4PM - 8PM
June 6 - 7 : 10AM - 4PM
June 14 : 3PM - 4PM

The program will be hosted at SFU Woodwards - 149 W Hastings St, Vancouver, BC

Everyone will receive a $250 honorarium and lunches are provided. Highschool students can receive 30 volunteer hours for participating.

NOMINATE A TROUBLEMAKER

If you know a transgender person who who might be willing to share their story and spend some time with amazing young people, we want to hear about them! Your nominations help make this program a success.

In our work we strive to embody what we hope to see in the world—a just humanity and community in which people are free to be themselves fully and without fear. A community where no one is exiled or silenced because of gender, gender expression, race, color, ethnic or national origin, religion, sexual/affectional orientation, age, class, physical character or disability. We believe in the power of storytelling to make connections across difference.