Liath Hannon

TV PILOT SHORT: Trapped in a bureaucratic maze not built to see her, one transgender woman sparks a historic battle against the Irish State in this dramatisation of real events.

A trans woman tries to recreate a traumatic relationship for a film project.

Grace has been recently evicted by her queer housemates, and Billy is stuck living at home with his family. They rent an extra-dimensional room to hook up in, but when the room itself turns on them, the lovers must decide if there’s any space for them in the city outside.

On Halloween night in Dublin, rugby player Jace meets aspiring filmmaker Charlie at a college party. They both attend Trinity but come from different worlds. Charlie is trans and involved in the arts, while Jace mostly hangs out with other straight guys from his team or business course. Despite their differences, they strike up a connection. After the party is abruptly broken up by the Guards, they continue getting to know each other while wandering around nighttime Dublin, reminiscing and sharing their dreams and concerns for life after college. When a startling connection from their shared past is revealed, Jace is forced to reckon with long-buried actions, and the social identity he’s taken for granted.

A radical trans street preacher and her followers prophesy the end of the world with salvation only for those who denounce heterosexuality. Men must be women! Women must be men! All sexual intercourse must be interracial! PRAISE HER!