The most empowering trans cinema: “9 lunas”, “Fatherhood” and “Girls and Boys”

Every year we receive more and more proposals of positive trans films where transgender people live normal lives and are fully integrated into social and work life. As it should be, we can add, but we celebrate it very much anyway, because, not long ago, it was not the case at all. A few years ago, positive representations were not abundant at all, those that help young transgender people in particular to strengthen themselves and feel good about themselves. These three films are very good examples in this sense, served by excellent productions and performances! Or real-life lessons, really, as in the case of Fatherhood.

9 moons – Monday 8, 8pm

Ángel is a young and attractive personal trainer who is smiling at life. After a gap year, he has just been hired by the best gym in town, and everything seems to be going smoothly. But his world takes a turn when he starts to feel bad, goes to the hospital and receives unexpected news: he is pregnant. And it is that, in reality, Ángel is a trans man who only needed one last step to complete his transition.

Fatherhood (Three Fathers) – Thursday 11, 6pm

Three men wait for the gynecologist, nervous but excited. Months of planning have led to this moment—at last, a tiny heart beats inside Kristopher. Kristopher, David and Sindre, all in their 30’s, live in a multi-partner relationship and are expecting their first child. Kristopher is the birth father and one of Norway’s trans pioneers. His pregnancy is a result of a remarkable coincidence: despite undergoing a mandatory sterilization as part of his transition, his uterus was left healthy and functional.

Girls and Boys – Wednesday 10am, 8pm

Jace, a rugby player, meets Charlie, an aspiring filmmaker, in Dublin at a college Halloween party. They both come from very different worlds. Charlie is a transgender woman and many of her friends are queer and into art, while Jace tends to date other straight guys on his team or classmates from business studies. Despite their differences, they make a connection.