About The Film

Directed By Jules Rosskam | 2024 | 83 min 

An Iranian-American transman, Ahmad, searching for his place in history, finds more than just a link to the past in the archives. Drawing from first-person accounts, as well as fictionalized segments, filmmaker Jules Rosskam explores the lines of desire as they intersect with identity for many transmen.

Produced by Jules Rosskam, André Pérez, Amy E. Powell, Brittani Ward | Starring Theo Germaine, Aden Hakimi, Em Modaff

About the Director

Jules Rosskam is an internationally award-winning trans filmmaker, educator and 2021 Creative Capital Awardee. His most recent feature documentary, Paternal Rites (2018), premiered at MoMA’s Doc Fortnight and went on to win several festival awards. He is also the director of Dance, Dance, Evolution (2019), Something to Cry About (2018), Thick Relations (2012), against a trans narrative (2009), and transparent (2005). His work has been screened at the Museum of Modern Art, the Museum of Fine Art Boston, the British Film Institute, Arsenal Berlin, Anthology Film Archives, Hallwalls Contemporary Art Center, the Queens Museum of Art, the Museum of Moving Images, and hundreds of film festivals worldwide. He has participated in residencies at Yaddo, ISSUE Project Room, Marble House, PLAYA and ACRE. He is currently Associate Professor of Visual Arts at the University of Maryland Baltimore County.