Game Face

Το ντοκιμαντέρ Game Face αφηγείται παράλληλα τις ιστορίες της Fallon Fox, της πρώτης τρανς γυναίκας επαγγελματία μποξέρ και του Terrence Clemens, ενός νεαρού γκέι παίκτη του μπάσκετ στο Κολέγιο της Οκλαχόμα. Και οι δύο συνειδητοποιούν ότι ανακοινώνοντας την ιστορία τους θα βγουν νικητές με την αίσθηση της ακεραιότητας και της συμφιλίωσης με την ταυτότητά τους. Μέσα από τους αγώνες που συμμετέχουν παρακολουθούμε τα δυνατά και τα τρωτά τους σημεία, ενώ στη διάρκεια του ντοκιμαντέρ εμφανίζεται και ο Jason Collins, ο πρώτος ανοιχτά γκέι παίκτης του ΝΒΑ, και ο Kye Allums, ο πρώτος τρανς άνδρας NCAA D1 αθλητής που έχει κάνει coming out, βοηθώντας και υποστηρίζοντας τόσο την Fallon όσο και τον Terrence.

Game Face

William Fairman, Max Gogarty

20231 h 35 min

Overview

As anti-LGBT barriers and biases continue to crumble, the documentary Game Face couldn’t be more attuned to the cultural moment. Belgian director Michiel Thomas’ first feature-length work is an affecting reminder that, shifting mainstream perceptions notwithstanding, coming out as gay or transgender requires courage, especially in the realm of sports. His intimate profile of two American athletes — one professional, one aspiring; one a transgender woman, the other a gay man — illuminates their day-to-day struggles, both emotional and career-based.

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Director William Fairman, Max Gogarty

Release Date 2023

Country USA

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Game Face

As anti-LGBT barriers and biases continue to crumble, the documentary Game Face couldn’t be more attuned to the cultural moment. Belgian director Michiel Thomas’ first feature-length work is an affecting reminder that, shifting mainstream perceptions notwithstanding, coming out as gay or transgender requires courage, especially in the realm of sports. His intimate profile of two American athletes — one professional, one aspiring; one a transgender woman, the other a gay man — illuminates their day-to-day struggles, both emotional and career-based.

Transgender mixed-martial-arts fighter Fallon Fox and basketball hopeful Terrence Clemens represent very different experiences, not just within the spectrum of sexual orientation and gender but in terms of age, accomplishments and public exposure. The film captures Fox in the painful media glare of being outed just as her MMA star is rising and follows the closeted Clemens to college, where he wrestles privately with the growing need to be honest about who he is.(The Hollywood Reporter)

Screening: 18/4/16 – 18.45-20.45 – Cinema 2