Reelout Queer Film Festival 2021

Gender Benders: Shorts Program

Expired February 6, 2021 2:00 AM
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This collection of five films depicts lives of characters both real and imagined across the gender tapestry. We recommend viewing the first two films in our program BOYS DON'T WEAR DRESSES and GIRLSBOYSMIX with your children however the rest of the films are more appropriate for adult audiences. Please note that you cannot re-watch any of these shorts once you've viewed them. Community Spotlight: Trans Family Kingston and Kingston Enbaes


This program is recommended for persons 14+ due to Mature Content.

Girlsboysmix is the first documentary ever, made from the perspective of an intersex child. It relates the story of Wen Long (9). At birth it was not clear whether she was a girl or a boy. Many such children are operated on at a very young age, in order to 'make' them a boy or a girl. Wen Long did not undergo such surgery. Her parents felt their child had to decide herself what sex she wants to be. Wen Long is very happy that that she can choose. But nevertheless, it is not easy. Being intersex in a binary world, Wen Long wonders: where do I belong?



  • Year
    2020
  • Runtime
    6:30
  • Country
    Netherlands
  • Director
    Lara Aerts
  • Cast
    Wen Long