Directors Statment

Trans athletes BELONG in sports and sports need to be de-gendered. Growing up in athletics, I witnessed a lot of fat-phobia, homophobia, transphobia, and racism in competitive sports and how violent the experience of being in competitive sports could be on young people. However, I loved gender bending sports movies growing up - Bend it Like Beckham, She's the Man, Stick It and Bring it On were some of my favourite films - and still are. I wanted to explore some of my own experiences using this sub-genre and adding my own spin by shooting on 35mm and having all lead trans cast members.

how many trans athletes can you name ? How many trans people have made headlines before they even got the chance to try their chosen sport competitively? Trans people should not have to prove or do anything to participate in sports. Sports are for everyone.