Iris Devins

Iris seeks to share the joy and frustrations of being a young trans woman through her short narrative dark comedy, TRASHY BOOTY. The film tells the story of two dumpster diving trans women who encounter a hitch hiking robot- one based on a real life social experiment. Iris plans to submit the film to LGBT and trans film festivals like Qflix, Frameline, and the San Francisco Transgender Film Festival, as well as to online vehicles. In those spaces, Iris hopes to engage in conversations with diverse audiences about the film’s themes (feminism, gender self-determination, friendship) and bring increased visibility to trans women.

Iris Devins is a writer, director, and producer. She recently developed a series of narrative films with an emphasis on trans stories. Her short, After the Date, premiered at Frameline in 2017. The film portrays a romance between a trans woman and a cisgender, straight man. The relationship flourishes, and they both face oppression from the outside world.

Iris finished post-production on her short fictional film, After the Date, which follows the romance between Nate, a straight cisgender man and Emma, a photographer who is transgender. Iris’s film shows the relationship between trans women and straight men in a positive light, beyond social stereotypes and film clichés – a narrative which is rarely seen in film or television. Contributing to the growing movement of trans stories told by trans people, Iris will also organize a tour featuring other transgender artists in hopes to develop a network of trans filmmakers.