SOY NINO

*PACIFIC NORTHWEST PREMIERE*
FRI OCT 21| 5:00 PM | NORTHWEST FILM FORUM
AVAILABLE VIRTUALLY OCT 13-23

SOY NIÑO
Lorena Zilleruelo; 2022; Chile; 62 min
Spanish with English subtitles

“Do you ever forget that you’re trans?” SOY NIÑO director Lorena Zilleruelo asks of her cousin, a young boy named Bastian. She visits him every year from the ages of 12 to 18, and documents his life navigating adolescence. Throughout the documentary we bear witness to the social and economic obstacles in Bastian’s physical transition process. With each visit she observes how he relates to his family, school life, romantic interests, and the experience of being trans in Chile. SOY NIÑO shows what any child can achieve with unconditional love. As Bastian himself says, “sometimes I feel as if I’m just like anyone else.”