SCENE Festival: Castration Movie Chapter iii. Junior Ghosts—Premorphic Drift; a fragmentary passage
One of the most ambitious works in contemporary queer cinema, Castration Movie is the sprawling, postmodern film saga from filmmaker Louise Weard, exploring gender, identity, desire and transformation with startling originality. Expanding across multiple feature-length chapters, the project has become a landmark of underground trans cinema, celebrated for its uncompromising vision, emotional depth and radically inventive approach to storytelling.
SCENE presents Chapter III.ii: Junior Ghosts—Premorphic Drift; a fragmentary passage, an exclusive preview from the forthcoming Castration Movie Anthology III: Year of the Hyena, ahead of its full premiere in 2027. Both a compelling standalone work and a glimpse into Weard's ever-expanding cinematic universe, this dreamlike, funny and deeply affecting chapter offers audiences the chance to experience one of the most exciting and boundary-pushing projects in queer cinema today.
This screening is part of TITE's Trans Takeover of The Pink Screening Room and will be introduced by members of the TITE Programming Team
About TITE: TRANS IMAGE/TRANS EXPERIENCE (TITE) is Ireland’s festival of trans and non-binary cinema, taking place each April in Dublin. Through screenings of bold, sexy, eclectic and exciting short and feature films, TITE champions the craft of trans and non-binary filmmakers and fosters lasting connections between artists and audiences.
About the programme: Bouncing off the energy of Puppygirl and the sensuality of October Crow, Team TITE presents a programme of our favourite sweet and sexy trans shorts from TITE 2026. Surreal animations, tender love stories and raunchy sex comedies come together in this summery celebration of fun, flirtation and creativity from new trans talents.
All of our screenings are 18+ unless otherwise stated, and the film start time is as advertised above.
Content Warnings: Contains scenes of graphic violence or injury and sex, themes of suicide and homophobic and transphobic attitudes and language.
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