Transgender representation is already rare in the media, let alone femme-to-masculine (Ftm) transgender folks – and, even more than that, gay Ftm individuals. This year at Sundance, however, Jules Rosskam and his acting leads Theo Germaine and Aden Hakimi premiered “Desire Lines,” a hybrid docu-fiction on gay Ftm individuals.
“It is kind of a taboo subject, an open secret [within the trans Ftm] community. Every year, I was waiting for someone else to make a film about it. And then every year, I'd look at the festival circuit and be like ‘nope, nope, nope,” laughed director Rosskam. “In 2019, I was finally like, ‘Okay, I guess I'm making this film.'”
Like its peers in the Next program, “Desire Lines” is not typical in structure. It weaves together interviews with Ftm individuals, re-enactments of Grindr conversations, and a narrative storyline where Ahmed (played by Hakimi), a middle-aged Iranian American trans man, peruses the archive of trans...
“It is kind of a taboo subject, an open secret [within the trans Ftm] community. Every year, I was waiting for someone else to make a film about it. And then every year, I'd look at the festival circuit and be like ‘nope, nope, nope,” laughed director Rosskam. “In 2019, I was finally like, ‘Okay, I guess I'm making this film.'”
Like its peers in the Next program, “Desire Lines” is not typical in structure. It weaves together interviews with Ftm individuals, re-enactments of Grindr conversations, and a narrative storyline where Ahmed (played by Hakimi), a middle-aged Iranian American trans man, peruses the archive of trans...
- 2/15/2024
- by Grace Han
- AsianMoviePulse
"Was I always destined to be interested in men?" Full Spectrum Features has unveiled an official trailer for a film titled Desire Lines, which just premiered at the 2024 Sundance Film Festival a few weeks ago. This hybrid doc film played in the "Next" section, for innovative & unique films that break the mold. It "pushes against binaries—fiction vs non-fiction, reality vs fantasy, public vs private—in order to highlight the fallacy of 'purity' that undergirds colonialist notions of discrete categories of being (or genre)." A trans man travels back in time to an LGBTQ+ archive to understand his sexuality. He encounters his past and present selves during an erotic journey of self-discovery. This hybrid documentary is a tender love letter to the gay trans-masculine community and the legacy that Lou Sullivan, and many unnamed others like him, left behind. Featuring Theo Germaine, Aden Hakimi, and Em Modaff. "Desire Lines is...
- 2/4/2024
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
The 2024 Sundance Film Festival awards were announced today at The Ray Theatre in Park City, Utah.
See the list of 2024 winners below, and congrats to all the winners.
Festival Favorite Award
Daughters (USA) – Angela Patton and Natalie Rae
U.S. Dramatic Competition
Grand Jury Prize
In the Summers (USA) – Alessandra Lacorazza
Directing Award
In the Summers (USA) – Alessandra Lacorazza
The Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award
A Real Pain – Jesse Eisenberg
Special Jury Award for Breakthrough Performance
Suncoast (USA) – Nico Parker
Special Jury Award for Best Ensemble
Dìdi – Sean Wang
Audience Award
Dìdi – Sean Wang
U.S. Documentary Competition
Grand Jury Prize
Porcelain War – Brendan Bellomo and Slava Leontyev
Directing Award
Sugarcane – Julian Brave NoiseCat and Emily Kassie
Special Jury Award for Sound
Gaucho Gaucho (USA, Argentina) – Michael Dweck and Gregory Kershaw
Special Jury Award for The Art of Change
Union (USA) – Stephen Maing and Brett Story
Jonathan Oppenheim Editing Award
Frida...
See the list of 2024 winners below, and congrats to all the winners.
Festival Favorite Award
Daughters (USA) – Angela Patton and Natalie Rae
U.S. Dramatic Competition
Grand Jury Prize
In the Summers (USA) – Alessandra Lacorazza
Directing Award
In the Summers (USA) – Alessandra Lacorazza
The Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award
A Real Pain – Jesse Eisenberg
Special Jury Award for Breakthrough Performance
Suncoast (USA) – Nico Parker
Special Jury Award for Best Ensemble
Dìdi – Sean Wang
Audience Award
Dìdi – Sean Wang
U.S. Documentary Competition
Grand Jury Prize
Porcelain War – Brendan Bellomo and Slava Leontyev
Directing Award
Sugarcane – Julian Brave NoiseCat and Emily Kassie
Special Jury Award for Sound
Gaucho Gaucho (USA, Argentina) – Michael Dweck and Gregory Kershaw
Special Jury Award for The Art of Change
Union (USA) – Stephen Maing and Brett Story
Jonathan Oppenheim Editing Award
Frida...
- 1/26/2024
- by Prem
- Talking Films
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