Iran is the only country in the region to recognise trans people (any other LGBQ+ identity is banned). Both Shervin and Samar offer a glimpse into what life is like for trans youth, who despite loving and supportive parents are forced to live covert lives, shy away from their neighbours and even consider emigration, in order to be who they truly are. One of the many heartrending scenes in this documentary features one of the boys, fully clothed on the beach and yearning to go swimming, while the other shouts at his parents, asking whether his father is also forced to wear a headscarf. This is Not Me is a detailed depiction of the legal and social labyrinth that promises a slim aperture of freedom.
Fannizadeh
0/10
Demétrios
2022
10/10
My Enemy, My Brother
2017
0/10
The Other Side of Burka
2004
6/10
Kenya
2022
6/10
Trans-Action
2010
4.2/10
Fragments of a Revolution (Sahneye Tarikh)
2019
8/10
Wërapara
2023
0/10
Before Summer Ends
2017
6.531/10
Green Days
2009
6/10
Where Love Lives: A Story of Dancefloor Culture & Expression
2021
4/10
US Weapons Against Iraq
2002
0/10
Slowly Forgetting Your Faces
2021
10/10
Letters To The President
2009
7/10
Jean-Gina B.
1984
0/10
Head Wind
2008
7/10
Julia
2013
0/10
Climbing Iran
2020
8/10
Tie and Red Nail
2014
7.4/10
Why Do I Feel like a Boy?
2019
0/10
