Please note: Purchasing a TQFF 2025 ticket does not grant access to this workshop. To participate, you must register and purchase a separate ticket by following the link above.

Artist Cat C. Haines will lead an artist talk and eco-processing demo that serves as both a love poem to her community and a ritual. Part artist talk, part hands-on workshop, the session will begin with a screening of Cat’s work—including Self Portrait (Decomposed) (2024) and In Response to 137 (2024)—before guiding participants through the process of eco-developing a roll of black-and-white Super 8 film using willow bark.

As participants develop strips of film, and Haines reflects on her journey and practice as a process-based and analog filmmaker, the workshop will explore what the medium can teach us about trans liberation. Newcomers to analog film are warmly welcomed!