heroes
A documentation of the faces and voices of trans youth in Toronto.
Movie - 2mins
Displaying the faces and voices of transgender youth, the documentary short shows the authenticity of queer and trans people living in Toronto, while simultaneously discussing the struggles for self-acceptance that people who do not conform to cisgender and heteronormative ideals of gender face. Andy Nguyen, trans director and film student, captures his trans friends in their natural state on 16mm film shot on a Bolex h16 camera. Accompanied by narration written and recited by Salem Rao, this film represents that trans people exist and this is what we look like. Regardless of the obvious everyday transphobia, trans people find community and uniqueness within each other and themselves.
Cast:
Kai
Grenier
Mikhael
Klassen-Kay
Nicholas
Ginther
Minh
Tam
Sky
Ravinn
Salem
Rao
Adrian
Bifolchi
Jo
Scott
Kai
Kuelz
Kai
Grenier
Mikhael
Klassen-Kay
Nicholas
Ginther
Minh
Tam
Sky
Ravinn
Salem
Rao
Adrian
Bifolchi
Jo
Scott
Kai
Kuelz
Kai
Grenier