According to De Filippis , the film was inspired by a desire to avoid the sensationalized aspects of many transgender-themed media representations , by writing a film in which the process of gender transition was not the driving narrative conflict . The film premiered at the 2017 Toronto International Film Festival . It was subsequently screened at the 2018 Sundance Film Festival , where it won a Special Jury Award , and at the 2018 Inside Out Film and Video Festival , where De Filippis won the Emerging Canadian Artist award
Inside Out Film and Video Festival
Inside Out Film and Video Festival
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