Transgender Doc Honored at Columbia Gorge Int’l Film Fest 

Sept. 22, 2010 - PRLog -- MEDIA ALERT 
   
MONDAY JULY 26, 2010 
 
 
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Transgender Doc Honored at Columbia Gorge Int’l Film Fest 
 
The successful Documentary, Trans/Formed was honored at the
Columbia Gorge International Film Festival with the award: Best
Documentary. The recent screening of the documentary has sparked a
great amount of media attention since the screening on August 20th.

The film Trans/Formed explores the lives of four transgender females of
different ethnic backgrounds living in Los Angeles.  The documentary
exposes the truths and challenges to the transgender community by
revealing past horrors, present taboos and future dreams.

Storyteller Cleo Valente, a native of Italy, earned a Ph.D in computer
science before moving into film in 2000, and has worked for over a
decade as Producer and Casting Director for major Television Networks
such as ABC, CBS, NBC, TLC, A&E, MTVtr3s and more. Trans/Formed was
Ms. Valente’s first feature documentary in 2006.

The Documentary has gotten the attention of GLADD, mentioning that it
would be  

“a great opportunity to see the documentary.” (gladdblog.org)

and The local Vancouver Voice detailed the documentary as giving

“an impartial look into an alternate life, the movie seeks to tell the truth and
dilemma facing transgender people.” (Vancouver Voice newspaper)

Trans/Formed is produced by Avanti Film Productions in association with
246 Entertainment. 
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