Movies: Gender identity

At the age of 15, can you know if you ever want to conceive or give birth to a child? The team coordinator at the gender clinic in the Dutch city of Zaandam is doubtful. And yet this is one of the questions he asks the young people who register for p...

Aswath's thirteenth birthday is the occasion. The celebrating family is confounded by Aswath's lack of enthusiasm towards the various gifts he receives. It turns out that Aswath has been harboring a surprising sentiment....

People who knew R. perceived her as a happy woman. A woman from Brno in her thirties who moved to Sweden together with her Slovak husband, psychiatrist Ivan. In their new home country, the young couple bought a house and had two children. It seemed t...

A transgender Iranian-American embarks on a road trip to discover the everyday realities of being trans in conservative states across the United States. As he travels through some of the country’s most anti-trans states, he uncovers the struggles and...

Being born a woman, feeling like a man & deciding to cross the boundary between the genders. That’s the path taken by those known as trans-boys. In San Francisco, Paris & Barcelona, a four-way portrait of Lynnee, Kaleb, Rocco & Miguel, four individua...

Torn from their home by a hand in the sky, colorful entities seek freedom from a rigid binary in this short experimental animation....

This beautiful and poignant film was commissioned by TENI (Transgender Equality Network Ireland) and is a conversational piece which explores gender identity and transgender experiences in Ireland....

A hybrid of documentary and fiction, Rukus is a queer coming-of-age story set in the liminal spaces of furry conventions, southern punk houses, and virtual worlds....

Katie Couric travels across the U.S. to talk with scientists, psychologists, activists, authors and families about the complex issue of gender....

A young transgender woman takes a hike through the English countryside in an attempt to resolve her spiritual crisis - but an ancient evil strives to ensure that she never completes her journey....

Can we reinvent our lost queer histories? #Familiar #Touch #Lost #Figures is about queer ancestry and diaspora, a hybrid of cultural traditions and contemporary queer identity. It explores feelings of guilt and joy, and intimacy between femmes of col...

Chris has come to the store with his dad to spend his allowance. His heart is set on getting a bouncy ball, but all of the balls in the ball cage are bright pink…except for one deflated green ball. Ultimately Chris must make a choice: is it okay for ...

Ash Nielsen is a teenager who is struggling to come to terms with being nonbinary, as well as having to navigate bullying at school....

The fourth generation in his family to be born intersex, Jewish Rabbi Levi was assigned the female gender at birth and grew up thinking he was sick and defective. "In the Image of God" tells the story of his struggles and transitions, culminating tod...

What if the world told you that you do not exist? This is the reality for Lauren: a person in their mid-twenties who identifies as gender neutral. Lauren's story chronicles their entire life—from early childhood, to a near death experience, to living...

Amber, an eccentric child-turned-adult star, and her lover Liz are moving slow after a romantic evening celebrating Amber’s recent Oscar Nomination. Liz awakens to a strange and invasive postal worker who seems fascinated with Hollywood stars, secre...

A transgender girl named Silver is confronted with different parts of her identity as she transforms into a new, idealised version of herself and her deepest desires, as well as fears are revealed....

A bitter film director is forced to explain why her latest film, 'She's So Cold', reflects worrying ideas about relationships and men. Reluctant to cooperate, she hijacks the interview and propagates her own twisted perspective on life....

How does it feel to have your gender identity included in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders? Diagnosing Difference is a documentary featuring interviews with 13 diverse scholars, activists, and artists who identify on the tran...

Maria, an emotionally-stunted transgender punk on an aimless road trip across the country has a chance encounter with James H., a repressed minimum-wage worker trapped in the purgatory that is rural Nevada. Over the next 24 hours, the two form an unl...