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Sav Rodgers 🤠
@savrodgers.bsky.social
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Filmmaker! Also: a boy from Kansas who loves RPGs, physical media, and his mischievous pugs.

🎬 CHASING CHASING AMY, PANCAKE SKANK
🎭 Founder, Transgender Film Center
🏆 TED Talker, Forbes 30 Under 30
🏳️‍⚧️ he/him

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31! More movies and more fun for this next trip around the sun!!! 🎂
Sav Rodgers sitting with his pug in his lap pointing at his birthday cake and smiling
November 30, 2025 at 5:13 AM
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Watchmen Dr. Manhattan meme If I’m to have a symbol, it shall be one I respect. There. pancake symbol in the middle of Dr. Manhattan’s forehead
October 4, 2025 at 6:05 PM
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#FantasticFest in a nutshell. So thankful to the Fantastic Fest staff for holding a fundraiser to support the Transgender Film Center, and for bringing incredible community together to celebrate genre filmmaking.

Plus—seeing @ahouseingotham.bsky.social in his element is a joy!!
Good vibes at Fantastic Fest with Sav Rodgers, Esmé Rogers Smith, and Austin King smiling in a blurry photo under red lights
October 1, 2025 at 5:47 AM
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Thank you to the Day 1 supporters of Pancake Skank!!!! Let’s make a weird movie!!!!

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THANK YOU FROM THE PANCAKE SKANK TEAM DAVID TIMM AARON G. HALE BRIGHID WHEELER EMILY BEST NATALIE GIANNAKIS AMY GREER AUSTIN KING BENJAMIN CARLUCCI KEV DOOLEY MIKE MORIN GABRIELLA BOTTONI JUSTIN NOSLER DAVID CARRANZA ALAN LAFAVE SAM LYLES JESSICA MICHAEL DAVIS KAYLA LANE FREEMAN BENJAMIN HOWARD ANTHONY HAND STEVE RAUSCH ADLER MOSS REBECCA FAGERHOLM JOIN THE CAMPAIGN ON SEED & SPARK THANK YOU FROM THE PANCAKE SKANK TEAM MADISON TUFTE TAYLOR WILDENHAUS SARAH FLEMING SHELBY FAULKNER DENNIS SCHYEYER JULIE KECK JESS KING AARON CHUNG JACOB BURGHART MEL ESLYN HARRISON J BENDER LIS BARTLETT SAMUEL PROBST STEVE NERANGIS AMIE SIMON JORDAN GREMLIN GLEASON DIMITRIS GIANNAKIS JOIN THE CAMPAIGN ON SEED &SPARK
September 30, 2025 at 6:21 PM
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The Transgender Film Center was lucky to collaborate with Fantastic Fest, @sisterhyde.bsky.social, and @superyakishop.bsky.social on some AMAZING merch to benefit TFC.

A DREAM COME TRUE!

All available for pre-order!

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Black T-shirt with pink text that says “defiance liberation transgression.” Logos: Transgender Film center, Fantastic Fest, sister Hyde, Super Yaki.
September 25, 2025 at 10:41 PM
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And her. Every moment with her!
Evan Rachel Wood as Madonna
September 20, 2025 at 8:12 PM
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My wife just reminded me that this little diva’s name translates to “Acorn” in the Mexican Spanish dub of Powerpuff Girls.

Blossom, Bubbles, and ACORN !!
Buttercup from Powerpuff Girls
August 16, 2025 at 9:33 PM
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Today’s Criterion haul from the Barnes & Noble sale! @criterion.bsky.social
A tattooed man holding Wings of Desire, To Die For, Being John Malkovich, In the Mood for Love. There’s also a pug in the background.
July 21, 2025 at 1:45 AM
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Val Kilmer was truly a phenomenal actor—it was virtually impossible to take your eyes off him when he was onscreen. What a loss for all who loved him.
Val Kilmer
April 2, 2025 at 4:23 AM
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Cate’s costuming was SO good, including this little Han Solo moment!
Cate Blanchett pointing a gun in Black Bag (2025)
April 1, 2025 at 7:16 PM
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BLACK BAG rules!!!

Sure, the cinephile in me wants to talk about it being a refreshing take on the spy movie blah blah blah

But the gay part of me really just wants to talk about Cate Blanchett’s wig
Cate Blanchett serving in Black Bag (2025) with an incredible wig
April 1, 2025 at 6:23 AM
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Thank you again to @glaad.bsky.social for nominating CHASING CHASING AMY for Outstanding Documentary at this year’s GLAAD Media Awards.

It’s an honor to be included in a category with so many storytellers I admire.

Congrats to all the nominees!
GLAAD Media Awards Nominee 36th Annual GLAAD Media Awards NOMINEES OUTSTANDING DOCUMENTARY BREAKING THE NEWS (PBS) CAMPBELL ADDY (NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC) CHASING CHASING AMY (LEVEL 33 ENTERTAINMENT) DOWN IN THE VALLEY (STARZ) HIDDEN MASTER: THE LEGACY OF GEORGE PLATT LYNES (GREENWICH ENTERTAINMENT) HUMMINGBIRDS (PBS) LIL NAS X: LONG LIVE MONTERO (HBO) OUTSTANDING: A COMEDY REVOLUTION (NETFLIX) WHO I AM NOT (PBS) WILL & HARPER (NETFLIX)
March 27, 2025 at 7:39 PM
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Screenshot of Demi Lovato saying; GET A JOB STAY AWAY FROM HER
February 25, 2025 at 10:01 PM
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These @letterboxd.social reviews. 🥺🥺

If you weren’t able to catch CHASING CHASING AMY tonight in Bloomington, IN, don’t fret!

It’s available digitally everywhere in the U.S. & Canada—including on @kanopyofficial.bsky.social, @hoopladigital.bsky.social, and all VOD platforms.

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Five-star Letterboxd review from user Woborn: “Incredibility sweet and moving” Five-star Letterboxd review from user carsontalksfilm: “More documentaries about queer kids’ weird little obsession with movies that helped them in their queer journey!!!” Five-star Letterboxd review from user nick: “Expected a simple retrospective about a movie I love, and I wound up seeing an incredible queer love story that moved me to tears **and** a fucking incredible retrospect about a movie I love. Thank you so much for sharing this with the world, Sav. I am incredible grateful we have voices like yours speaking their truths.” Five-star Letterboxd review from user andyiguess: “A really powerful documentary about how. Piece of media can connect with a person and their life.” Photos on the graphic include Kevin Smith and Sav Rodgers, King Mustafa Obafemi and Joey Lauren Adams, Jay and Silent Bob, and the documentary’s film festival poster with Tribeca 2023 laurels.
February 23, 2025 at 1:10 AM
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Thank you to the kind folks at @sxsw.com for recognizing me and the Transgender Film Center with their annual Community Service Award for Film & TV.

I promise to keep trying my hardest to support trans filmmakers.

Thank you, thank you, thank you. 🥺
A headshot of Sav Rodgers at the 2023 Tribeca Festival SXSW 2025 Community Service Award Honoree Sav Rodgers, Transgender Film Center
February 13, 2025 at 5:18 PM
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Thank you, @bjcolangelo.bsky.social & @slashfilm.bsky.social. This means more to me than you know. 🥲
But for my money, "the trans doc" of the year was Sav Rodgers' "Chasing Chasing Amy;" part journey of self-discovery, part film history lesson, and part examination of the way movies have the power to fundamentally change us. Kevin Smith's '90s rom-com "Chasing Amy" was initially hailed as groundbreaking for its frank portrayal of queerness, but has since come under fire as "poorly aged" and even *gasp* problematic, but that didn't stop it from being one of the most impactful movies of Rodgers' childhood. Sav is also the founder and executive director of the Transgender Film Center, with "Chasing Chasing Amy" serving as his debut feature.
January 24, 2025 at 4:05 PM
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I miss my dog!!!!!
old man pug in a sweater (very cute)
January 23, 2025 at 8:11 AM
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Made it to Sundance 🗻
A text from my mother that reads, “it really feels like sleepaway camp for film nerds”
January 22, 2025 at 10:07 PM
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Happy birthday to my beautiful friend, @kingmustafaobafemi.bsky.social. Life is so joyous with you around, King!
Chasing Chasing Amy director Sav Rodgers smiling and laughing with King Mustafa Obafemi, star of Kevin Smith’s Chasing Amy (1997) at the 2023 Tribeca Festival.
January 18, 2025 at 3:38 AM
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David Lynch ❤️
David Lynch yelling, “Okay, let’s try that again, but good this time,” into a megaphone on the set of Twin Peaks: The Return.
January 16, 2025 at 6:49 PM
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OK but Amanda Seyfried could win another Emmy playing Carolyn Wiger and it would be phenomenal #TheTraitorsUS
Icon and acclaimed actor Amanda Seyfried standing on a red carpet Reality TV icon Carolyn Wiger (Survivor) sitting on set of The Traitors US Season 3
January 13, 2025 at 12:04 AM
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Unbelivably excited that CHASING CHASING AMY is available to watch for free through @kanopyofficial.bsky.social. All you need is a library card to access this wonderful service! #filmsky
Screenshot of Chasing Chasing Amy’s listing on Kanopy, a free educational distributor that’s available to watch with a library card. The image shows Kevin Smith, Joey Lauren Adams, Sav Rodgers, and Riley Rodgers, and their pug Teddy.
January 11, 2025 at 8:08 PM
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This is cool as fuck. Thank you, @rottentomatoes.com. And thank you to all of the critics who reviewed #ChasingChasingAmy. ❤️
Sav Rodgers and Riley Rodgers pose with their “Certified Fresh” trophy from Rotten Tomatoes for Chasing Chasing Amy. Mass Effect and Pokémon action figures, Dragon Age books, and a big physical media collection are in the background.
January 11, 2025 at 12:57 AM
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This reaction to CHASING CHASING AMY made me cry some joyful tears this morning. Holy shit. 🥲
Allow me to thank you and congratulate you on ‘Chasing Chasing Amy’, a wonderful cinematic and literary love letter. A rare film of meta-textual power, existing as a splendid piece of art in its own right, deepening the meaning and value of Keven Smith’s work, and standing as the finest example I have yet encountered of that tricky genre, the film about another film. I have never seen it done better, nor in fact has anything come close. I came to your film as a lover and appreciator of ‘Chasing Amy’, which I saw on first home release, as I saw parts of myself reflected in that story. Like you, I felt that Kevin Smith had understood and shown parts of my identity that were not being expressed elsewhere. Your accomplishment is remarkable to me. It is a work of some skill, craft and finesse to have captured what you have captured in your film. In all the years I have loved Chasing Amy and absorbed all the commentary around it from the participants, you have drawn from the principals and entirely new set of perspectives. I see them and I see the film entirely differently now. I didn’t believe there was much more to be mined from Chasing Amy. As you have shown, the surface had barely been scratched. I particularly would like to congratulate you on highlighting the voice of Joey Lauren Adams. This was one of the most powerful and surprising interviews I have seen from a performer -any performer- about their own prior work. To have done this whilst exposing so much of your own life and personal story is an act of considerable courage. I have seen other films of this genre where the filmmaker’s centring of themselves does little for the viewer. In your case, your film draws its heart and power from your choice to include yourself so significantly. I salute you for your achievement. I do believe sincerely that you have evolved the art of filmmaking about film with this feature. I am an ally, I support equality and I stand in support of love in all its forms, but I should state at this point that I am a straight white male of 51 years, so I do not feel qualified to say too much about the LGBTQI perspectives, except that I have learned from your film, and I will hopefully continue to learn. I love your love story, and I wish you the best both in your ongoing artistic work, and in your personal life. Thank you for your film. All the best Steven.
January 8, 2025 at 6:45 PM
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Blame Bluesky for how annoying it is to post this in three parts.
January 6, 2025 at 4:30 AM