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Not to be confused with Transformers (film) or The Transformers: The Movie. 2017 Canadian film
Transformer
Directed byMichael Del Monte
Written byMichael Del Monte
Samuel Fussell
Produced byTad Munnings
StarringJanae Kroc
CinematographyBrian Hunt
Edited byGraham Withers
Music byGilad Carroll
Production
company		Storystream Creative
Distributed byDocumentary Channel
Gravitas Ventures
Release date
  • October 28, 2017 (2017-10-28) (Austin)
Running time78 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguageEnglish

Transformer is a 2017 Canadian documentary film directed by Michael Del Monte, featuring competitive bodybuilder Janae Kroc coping with both the physical and social processes of gender transition after coming out as a trans woman.

Release and awards

The film premiered at the 2017 Austin Film Festival, where it won the audience prize and feature documentary award. It subsequently screened at the 2018 Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival, where it won both Audience Award categories, the juried award for best Canadian documentary and the emerging Canadian filmmaker award, then at the 2018 Queer North Film Festival, where it won the audience award for best transgender film.

The film was distributed in Canada primarily as a television film on the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation's Documentary Channel, with international theatrical distribution by Gravitas Ventures.

Graham Withers received a Canadian Screen Award nomination for Best Editing in a Documentary at the 7th Canadian Screen Awards.

References

  1. "'Transformer': Film Review". The Hollywood Reporter, November 4, 2017.
  2. "'Transformer' Chronicles Power Lifter's Complex Gender Transition". Exclaim!, October 19, 2018.
  3. "Austin Film Festival: ‘Chappaquiddick,’ ‘Call Me By Your Name’, ‘Darkest Hour’ Round Out Lineup". Deadline Hollywood, September 26, 2017.
  4. ^ "Transgender Documentary ‘Transformer’ Bought by Gravitas". Variety, July 10, 2018.
  5. "Guelph's Michael Del Monte wins big at Hot Docs with Transformer". CBC Kitchener-Waterloo, May 9, 2018.
  6. "pINCO Triangle takes three Queer North awards". Sudbury Star, June 20, 2018.
  7. "2019 Canadian Screen Award Nominees for Documentary". Point of View, February 7, 2019.

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