24th Ji.hlava International Documentary Film Festival
Transformation Street
director: Sally Benton
original title: Transformation Street
country: United Kingdom
year: 2018
running time: 60 min.
synopsis
A private clinic at Wimpole Street in London with a team of physicians who help people become what they have felt to be all their lives. In three episodes, we watch three people in process of undergoing gender change, topped up by final operation. Over one year, they allow the problems they must tackle with during their sex reassignment, along with the reactions of their loved ones, to be recorded.
biography
The Renegade Pictures company gathers filmmaking enthusiasts. Regardless of genre or medium, the company focuses on current topics and new ideas. They produce everything from TV shows to feature documentaries for cinema distribution.
more about film
| director: | Sally Benton |
| producer: | Sally Benton, Storyvault Films, Ed Nissen |
| photography: | Tom Hayward, Stephen Robinson, Owen Scurfield, Will Edwards |
| sound: | Paul Nathan, Chris Youle-Grayling, Marc Hatch, Simon Pinkerton |
other films in the section
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Vlogglebox
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Czech Premiere
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A Holiday in the Era of Steam
Zora Cejnková
Czech Republic / 2018 / 57 min.
World Premiere
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Pandemic
Danielle Peck
United Kingdom / 2018 / 75 min.
Czech Premiere
Fourteen soldiers go through a drill modeled on training methods of secret agents from 1940. Authentic exercises as well as real historic missions and facts are shown. In such a way, this unusual reality show obtains even more ties to real-time history.
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United Kingdom / 2018 / 60 min.
Czech Premiere
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Undercover Boss
Czech Republic / 2018 / 56 min.
World Premiere
