WHEN MEN WERE MEN
*PACIFIC NORTHWEST PREMIERE*
SUN OCT 23| 2:45 PM | NORTHWEST FILM FORUM
IN-PERSON ONLY
WHEN MEN WERE MEN
Izzi Rojas & Aidan Dick; 2021; USA & Ireland; 96 min.
Written, directed, and acted by trans/non-binary, first time feature filmmakers Aidan Dick and Izzi Rojas, this tender story of young trans love tugs at the heartstrings and goes beyond conventional coming out narratives to bring us new insights about young trans identity and relationships. Teenage Kieran toggles between the gender binary as a male actor by day and a daughter at home in a rural Irish town. When he falls in love with the new gay boy in town, who doesn’t yet know he is trans, Kieran must make a decision.
CONTENT WARNINGS: IMPLIED VIOLENCE, NUDITY, NON-EXPLICIT SEXUAL SITUATIONS
SKIN CAN BREATHE
Chheangkea Ieng; 2022; USA; 11 min.
Having to constantly negotiate his identity, a queer Cambodian-American teenager finds home inside the water of his high school pool.