NI AQUÍ / NI ALLÁ
DIRECTOR & PRODUCER
NI AQUI / NI ALLÁ
DIGITAL FORMAT | USA, DR, CR | 15 M | 2021
A personal documentary that centers a conversation between filmmaker Ley Comas and their mother about their gender identity. As the middle child of christian pastors, Ley never imagined that transitioning was possible. Growing up, in the Dominican Republic, Ley only witnessed trans people portrayed as evil char-acters, punchlines in movies and TV shows, or outcasts and victims. At home, anything that went against God´s word was an abomination. This documentary follows Ley´s physical and psychological journey to become themself, while struggling to find a middle ground with their family.
DISTRIBUTION
COLLECTIVE EYE FILM | UNIVERSITY & COLLEGE
PRESS
CCNY NEWS | 2019
OUTFEST FUSION GUIDE | 2020
Outfest Fusion 2021 Spotlight: Ley Comasº
THE QUEER REVIEW | 2020
LOS ANGELES TIMES | 2020
‘Visibility is no longer enough’: At Outfest, trans and nonbinary creators ponder what’s next
AWARDS/FILM FESTIVALS/SCREENING
2019 Ostrovsky Family Fund Award in honor of Chantal Akerman
2020 Danielle and Larry Nyman Family Project Awards
2020 Cityvision Film Festival
Special Judges Award
2021 Outfest Fusion Official Selection
2021 Outfest Film Festival
2021 Outfest’s 5th annual Trans & Non-binary summit
2021 OutMuseum Chosen Family: Exhibits on Trans Experience
Inaugural Exhibit
2021 Long Beach QFilm Festival
2021 AluCine Latin Film + Media Arts Festival Official Selection
Awarded Best Documentary
2021 Queer Legacies by the Great Unlearn and Creatively Speaking
2021 Tierra Native: Mov., Landscape & Identity
A Virtual Short Film Program
2021 San Francisco Transgender Film Festival
2021 Leeds International Film Festival
Awarded Best Queer Short Film
2021 Latino & Iberian Film Festival at Yale
2021 Festival Internacional de Cine de Cali
2022 Three Dollar Bill Cinema Black Queer History Month Series
2022 Montreal’s LGBTQ+ Afro Film Festival Massimadi
2022 Philadelphia Latino Film Festival
LOLA Award Honorable Mention
2022 Korea Queer Film Festival
2022 Queerteenth Film Festival by QPOP
2022 Libélula Dorada International Short film Festival
2022 OUTSOUTH Queer Film Festival
2022 Queer Space Film Festival (Argentina)
Audience Award Best Doc
2022 Centre Film Festival
2022 Black Harvest Film Festival
2022 PHLAFF & Lánzate 2022 Screenings
2023 PHLAFF & Lánzate 2022 Screenings
2023 FilminLatino: Extopia Foro Muestra LGBT+