Baltic premiere

It's Always Been Me

Local title
See olen alati mina olnud
Original title
Forvandlingen - Frihed kommer indefra
Director
Julie Bezerra Madsen
Country
Denmark
Year
2023
Festival
Kinoff 2023
Programme
Doc@Just, Main programme of Kinoff, Children's Rights Programme
Genre
condition-film, biographical film
Subject
LGBTQ, self-realisation, coming of age

Max was assigned a girl at birth but has transitioned into a transgender boy. Bastian was assigned a boy at birth, but mostly identifies as a girl. Max and Bastian struggle with their developing bodies and are considering whether they should stop their puberty with hormone treatment. A life-changing choice is becoming more and more urgent as they race against time to make the right decision. Their voices are changing. Their bodies are developing, but the consequences of hormone treatment are irreversible. How do you find out who you are in the middle of the greatest transition of your life? “It’s Always Been Me” shows the honest and sometimes hard struggle when fighting against a heteronormative society that continues to discriminate against transgender people.

Age recommendation: 14+

Director
Julie Bezerra Madsen
Producer
Puk Lodahl Eisenhardt
DoP
Julie Bezerra Madsen
Editor
Mark Vesterlund
Composer
Morten Thorhauge
Sound
Nicolas Vetterli
Animation
Karsten Kjærulf-Hoop, Søren Nowakowski
Production
GotFat Productions
World sales
DR Sales
Runtime
Language
Danish
Subtitles
Estonian, English
Director
Julie Bezerra Madsen

Julie Bezerra Madsen (1983) graduated from the documentary department of The National Film School of Denmark in 2013 with the award-winning short film "Boy". She has worked on various TV documentary series in Denmark and as a journalist at the TV station called: TV-Glad. In 2022 she premiered at CPH:DOX with her debut feature documentary "All that Remains to be Seen".

Filmography:
Valik/Selected: Boy (2013), All that Remains to be Seen (2022), Forvandlingen (It's Always Been Me, 2023)

Screenings

4th Hall Apollo Kino Solaris
Screening051401 / See olen alati mina olnud
SubtitlesEnglish, Estonian
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7th Hall Apollo Kino Coca-Cola Plaza
Screening070702 / See olen alati mina olnud
SubtitlesEnglish, Estonian
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2nd Hall Apollo Kino Solaris
Screening141202 / See olen alati mina olnud
SubtitlesEnglish, Estonian
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2nd Hall Apollo Kino Astri
Screening176201 / See olen alati mina olnud
SubtitlesEnglish, Estonian
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