Short film
Trans: positions
2026 · 30 min
A sober, interview-driven documentary that feels urgent and unsettling as it examines how identity becomes a political battleground.
- Directed by
- Simon Coutu
- Genres
- Documentary
- Starring
- Simon Coutu, Sébastien Potvin, Éric Duhaime
- Tagline
- The Political and Media Instrumentalization of Transgender Identity
- Overview
- Simon Coutu explores the rise of transphobia and the weaponization of transgender identity in political and media discourse. Meeting with members of the trans community and with right-wing organizers who denounce what they call “gender ideology,” he seeks to understand how transgender identity has become such a polarizing issue in Québec.
- How it feels
- Tense, earnest and dark. Measured and needs your attention.
- About
- Identity, politics, media, gender
- Content
- Mild language. No violence, gore or sexual content.
- Note
- Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown
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- Directed by
- Simon Coutu
- Genres
- Documentary
- Starring
- Simon Coutu, Sébastien Potvin, Éric Duhaime
