The Transfiguration International Film Festival

Pleasure Dome is excited to present The Transfiguration International Film Festival. This traveling international film festival showcases an eclectic range of experimental shorts. Programmed by Jonni Peppers, this festival is artist-driven, audience-minded, and playful in its approach, with an awards ceremony taking place at the end of each iteration. For the Toronto screening, we are thrilled to announce Métis filmmaker Terril Lee Calder and animator Aaron Long will be joining us as our jurors! Be sure to place your vote for the audience choice awards. You don’t want to miss this fun marathon of an evening.

Part of Spring 2024


Pleasure Dome is excited to present The Transfiguration International Film Festival—the other “TIFF”! Between their stops in Chicago and Los Angeles, the Transfiguration International Film Festival will be coming to Toronto for one night of films and community participation. This traveling international film festival showcases an eclectic range of experimental shorts. Programmed by Peppers, this festival is artist-driven, audience-minded, and playful in its approach, with an awards ceremony taking place at the end of each iteration. For the Toronto screening, we are thrilled to announce Métis filmmaker Terril Lee Calder and animator Aaron Long will be joining us as our jurors! Be sure to place your vote for the audience choice awards. You don’t want to miss this fun marathon of an evening.

When: Thursday, May 16 at 6:30pm ET
Doors at 6:00pm ET
Screening starts promptly at 6:30pm ET

Where: Small World Music Centre, Artscape Youngplace, 180 Shaw St, Unit 305, Toronto

Free and open to the public
The venue is fully accessible

Featuring work by: Angie Lee, Arius Ziaee, Asaki Nishino, Ben Sonjira Young, Benni Quintero, Chris Kim, Coby Palivathukal, Constant Yen, Emma Mora, Garrett M. Davis, Hunter Whitaker-Morrow, Ingo Raschka, Isabelle Aspin, Jake Ryan, Jennifer Nie, Jesse Patience, Jessica Poon, Jihee Nam, Joe Gran, Kohana Wilson, Koji Yamamoto, Liang-Jie Chen & Shu-Tsu Lin, Luca Ogawa Depardon, Manabu Himeda, Natalie Baber, Nate Sonenfeld, Rachel Nakawatase, Shea Territo, Ted Wiggin, Yifan Jiang & James Mercer, Yoko Yuki, and Zhen Li

Programmed by Jonni Peppers, award-winning animator/filmmaker (Barber Westchester, The Final Exit of the Disciples of Ascensia, Goodbye Forever Party), jury member for the Ottawa International Animation Festival, and lead programmer for animation shorts at Slamdance Film Festival, a festival “By Filmmakers, for Filmmakers.”

More information about The Transfiguration Film Festival can be found here.