2025 /  

Finalist

WOULDN’T MAKE IT ANY OTHER WAY

Director & Producer: Hao Zhou,

 Hossein Behboudi Rad

Having built a colorful queer life in an American prairie town, an aspiring costume designer visits their island homeland of Guam to make costumes for a children’s theatre while reconnecting with distanced parents.

12-year-old Tatheer embarks on a week-long Police boot camp for girls from a social housing estate in Copenhagen. Far from home, deep in the woods, she navigates grueling rituals, elusive social dynamics, and personal setbacks to find her place in this tender and revealing coming-of-age story.

2024 |  

21

United States

Languages: English

AWARD:

Type:

Doc Short

Themes:

LGBTQ+, Creative Activism

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