In a small village in the south of the Bohemian-Moravian Highlands, filmmaker Kateřina Turečková meets 16-year-old Ben, interested in learning about their newly discovered trans identity in person. Ben seeks refuge for their true feelings in cyberspace, finding moments of happiness by using green-screen technology to imagine their possible future. The film indirectly captures the (mis)understanding and (non-)acceptance Ben faces at school, its focused insight rounded out by the filmmaker’s interviews with Ben’s mother and sister, who inadvertently embody everything Ben hates about themself.
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Kateř Tureček Director · Tomáš Šťastný Cinematographer Lucie Hecht Editor
First release October 27, 2019 · Produced in Czechia · Original title Proč se cítím jako kluk?
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FAMU
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Czechia
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Original title
Proč se cítím jako kluk?
Original language
Czech
Spoken on screen
Czech
Release dates
Czechia · October 27, 2019
Premiere · Ji.hlava International Documentary Film Festival
No release date listed for United States.
Czechia
October 24, 2020 · TV · TV Nova
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