Joychild

2020 | director | cinematographer | editor | 6 min

A child reveals a secret to their mother: "I'm not a girl." This breathtakingly honest portrait of growing up gender expansive beautifully captures the hesitancy, fear, and relief at revealing one's innermost thoughts, as well as the unconditional love of a mother.

about

The New Yorker Documentary (2021) 

POV Shorts Season 4 (2021)

IDA Awards Short List Best Short Documentary

Sundance Ignite (2021)

Outfest Los Angeles (2020) 

HotDocs (2021)

Frameline (2021)

NewFest (2021)

Palm Springs International Shorts Fest (2021) (Best Student Documentary Special Mention)

BFI Futures Film Festival (2022)

Hot Springs Documentary Film Festival (2021)

New Orleans International Film Festival (2021)

New York International Children’s Film Festival (2021) (Jury Special Mention)

NFFTY (2020) (Audience Award)

(Best Documentary Honorable Mention)

Denver Film Festival (2021)

screenings & awards

Seattle Transgender Film Festival (2021)

(Jury Award) (Audience Award)

Milwaukee Cultures & Communities Film Festival (2021)

Milwaukee International Film Festival (2021)

SFDocFest (2021)

Centre Film Festival (2021)

(Juror’s Choice Experimental Narrative)

OUTshine - Fort Lauderdale (2021)

Drunken Film Festival (2021)

Cactus Film Festival (2022)

Sedona Film Festival (2022) 

Providence Children’s Film Festival (2022) 

Seattle International Film Festival (2022) 

Millennium Docs Against Gravity (2022) 

Mountain Film (2023)