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film work

educational distribution

Welcome to Roswell  (pre-production, Dir. StormMiguel Florez) Producer
Looking for Leia, 2019, SYFY, Series Creator/Director/Producer
Matrix 4, 2021, (Dir. Lana Wachowski) Assistant to John Toll, ASC
Ask Adele (in production, Dir Lydia Daniller) Assistant Editor
The Whistle, 2019, (Dir. StormMiguel Florez) Director of Photography/Co-Producer
MAJORettes, 2017, Co-Director/Producer
MAJOR!, 2015, Director/Producer
Christine in the Cutting Room, 2014 (Dir. Susan Stryker) Production Manager
I’ve Been to Manhattan, 2012 (Dir. StormMiguel Florez) Asst. Director, Make-up, Wardrobe
Diagnosing Difference, 2009 Director/Producer
Center of the World, 2001 (Dir. Wayne Wang) story consultant

Video work for hire clients include Fresh Meat Productions, Sean Dorsey Dance, Larkin Street Youth Services, Houston Grand Opera,  In Lak'esh Dance Academy, Transgender Gender Variant Intersex Justice Project, and House of GG Educational Retreat and Historical Center. 

What Do We Want Films is a documentary production and educational distribution company led by independent filmmaker Annalise Ophelian.

We offer educational licensing for award-winning documentaries that illuminate hidden histories, stimulate critical thinking, and inspire conversation.

Our current offerings are all available for immediate digital download, to meet the changing needs of your classroom and on-line learning. 

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awards

MAJOR! (2016)

• Audience Award Best Documentary and Jury Special Mention Excellence in Filmmaking, Outfest Los Angeles
• Audience and Jury Prizes, Best Documentary, Wicked Queer Boston LGBT Film Festival, Boston
• Audience Award Best Documentary, Inside Out Toronto LGBT Film Festival, Toronto
• Audience Award Best Documentary, Queer Screen, Sydney Australia
• Audience Award Best Documentary, Reeling Chicago LGBT International Film Festival, Chicago
• Best Social Impact Film, TransForming Cinema, Sheffield UK 
• Audience Award Best Documentary, TranScreen Festival, Amsterdam
• Audience Award Best Documentary, Rainbow Visions Film Festival, Edmonton ON
• Best Documentary, Atlanta LGBT Film and Music Festival, Atlanta
• Audience Award Best Documentary, Gary International Black Film Festival, Indiana
• Best Documentary, Stamped Pensacola LGBT Film Festival, Pensacola
• Audience Award Best Trans Feature, North Carolina Gay and Lesbian Film Festival, Durham
• Jury Award Best Documentary, Kaleidoscope LGBT Film Festival, Little Rock AR
• Gold Award, Eureka Springs Human Rights Film Festival, Eureka Springs
• Jury Award Best Documentary, Out Here Now Kansas City LGBT Film Festival, Kansas City
• Audience Award Best Documentary Feature, TRANSlations Transgender Film Festival, Seattle
• Best Documentary, QFest New Jersey Digital Film & Media Festival, Asbury Park
• Best U.S. Documentary, Queer Hippo International LGBT Film Festival, Houston
• Public Choice Award Best Film in Festival, Massimadi Afrocaribbean LGBT Film and Arts Festival Montreal​

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selected interviews & media

• "Fem-splaining" "Star Wars": New docu-series dives into female sci-fi fandom, Good Morning America
• Interview with Anna Smith and Annalise Ophelian on The Last Jedi, BBC Newsnight 
• Looking for Leia is an upcoming documentary that highlights the women of Star Wars, The Verge
• Looking for Leia documentary finds community and connection in our differences, SyFy Wire
• MAJOR! Celebrates Trans "Mama" Miss Major Griffin-Gracy. Inteview with Annalise Ophelian and Miss Major, CBC Q
• New Film Chronicles Life of Transgender Trailblazer Miss Major, TruthOut
• Making MAJOR! Interview with filmmaker Annalise Ophelian, Arkansas Times
• Q&A with Annalise Ophelian, Director of MAJOR!, ScreenNSW
• ‘MAJOR!’ Filmmakers Annalise Ophelian And StormMiguel Florez Discuss Transgender Documentary, Huffington Post
• The Rumpus Interview with Annalise Ophelian, The Rumpus
• InsideOut Filmmakers: Annalise Ophelian on Trans Women in MAJOR!, She Does the City
• Damn These Heels Review: MAJOR!, Slug Magazine
• LGBTQ History Month: Interview with MAJOR! Filmmakers Annalise Ophelian & StormMiguel Florez, Queer Minded Radio

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selected presentations & publications

• From Stonewall to Tipping Point: A Conversation with Miss Major. Lecture series, California Institute of Integral Studies, 2015
• The medicalization of transgender Identity. Master’s Tea Presentation, Yale University Trans Week, 2012
• Social justice practice in documentary filmmaking. Academy of Art University, San Francisco CA, 2010
• Wilkinson, W., & Ophelian, A. (2010). Discussion & facilitator’s guide: For use in conjunction with post-screening discussions of the film. San Francisco: Floating Ophelia Productions, LLC.
• Improving clinician responsiveness to transgender clients. University of California San Francisco Annual LGBTI Health Forum, San Francisco CA, 2010 - 2011.
• Panel Discussions: Diagnosing Difference University of Colorado Boulder; University of New Mexico; University of Washington; The Wright Institute; Stanford University. 
• Gender Difference / Gender Disorder: A Master's Tea with Annalise Ophelian, Yale University, 2012.
• Ophelian, A. (2008, Summer). Stranger in a strange land: Navigating issues of polyamory and BDSM in graduate training. Division 44 Newsletter, 24(2), 13-14.
• Utilizing the strength and resiliency of the LGBT community in treating addition. Closing plenary speech, Addiction in the LGBT Community Conference, San Francisco CA, 2007.
• Multi-cultural approaches to alternative sexualities. Guest lecturer for Philip Zimbardo, Stanford University, 2002 - 2003.

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distributon

LOOKING FOR LEIA was acquired by SYFY WIRE in 2019 and was broadcast on SYFY.COM, SYFY VOD, and the NBC Universal One App.

The Whistle was acquired for broadcast by PBS, and is available for home viewing through Vimeo On Demand.

MAJOR! is available on Amazon Prime, as well as for educational licensing, and may be obtained free of charge by community based organizations working for racial, gender, and economic justice to share with their members through the MAJOR! to the People Campaign. MAJOR! was acquired by NITV Australia for public television broadcast and VOD through SBS Australia, as well as OUTtv for broadcast and VOD in Canada and South Africa. In summer 2022 it was featured as inflight entertainment on Alaska Air.

Diagnosing Difference www.diagnosingdifference.com has been educationally distributed to over 400 universities and colleges throughout North America, Western Europe, and Australia and is available for home use on Vimeo VOD. It was also featured as part of Frameline's Youth in Motion program in California High Schools.