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

Fractal: Stories Across the Gender Spectrum

PRESS

CCNY NEWS | 2019

CCNY MFA In Film Program Students Receive First Chantal Akerman Student Prize from The Ostrovsky Family Fund

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OUTFEST FUSION GUIDE | 2020

Outfest Fusion 2021 Spotlight: Ley Comasº

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THE QUEER REVIEW | 2020

Outfest’s 5th annual Trans & Non-binary summit sets a hopeful & determined tone for the future “we can create power together”

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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

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2020 Danielle and Larry Nyman Family Project Awards

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2020 Cityvision Film Festival 

        Special Judges Award

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2021 Outfest Fusion Official Selection

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2021 Outfest Film Festival

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2021 Outfest’s 5th annual Trans & Non-binary summit

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2021 OutMuseum Chosen Family: Exhibits on Trans Experience

       Inaugural Exhibit

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2021 Long Beach QFilm Festival

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2021 AluCine Latin Film + Media Arts Festival Official Selection

       Awarded Best Documentary

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2021 Queer Legacies by the Great Unlearn and Creatively Speaking

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2021 Tierra Native: Mov., Landscape & Identity

        A Virtual Short Film Program

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2021 San Francisco Transgender Film Festival

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2021 Leeds International Film Festival

        Awarded Best Queer Short Film

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2021 Latino & Iberian Film Festival at Yale

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2021 Festival Internacional de Cine de Cali

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2022 Three Dollar Bill Cinema Black Queer History Month Series

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2022 Montreal’s LGBTQ+ Afro Film Festival Massimadi

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2022 Philadelphia Latino Film Festival

        LOLA Award Honorable Mention

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2022 Korea Queer Film Festival

2022 Queerteenth Film Festival by QPOP

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2022 Libélula Dorada International Short film Festival

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2022 OUTSOUTH Queer Film Festival

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2022 Queer Space Film Festival (Argentina)

        Audience Award Best Doc

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2022 Centre Film Festival

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2022 Black Harvest Film Festival

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2022 PHLAFF & Lánzate 2022 Screenings

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2023 PHLAFF & Lánzate 2022 Screenings

2023 FilminLatino: Extopia Foro Muestra LGBT+