A cisgender male director, Lukas Dhont, directs a cisgender male, Victor Polster, in an attempt to depict the transgender experience in Girl. I had a sigh of relief going into the morning in which the final TIFF films were announced. Then I cringed. This is because of yet another film starring a cisgender male as a transgender film. It had been selected to screen during TIFF and I could not be angrier. As I arrived to…
"TIFF 2018: I’m Still Boycotting Girl"
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