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2021 Regent Park Film Festival

19th Annual Festival

Heroes

  • Year: 2020
  • Genre: Documentary
  • Country: Canada
  • Language: English
  • Length: 2 min
  • Advisory: G
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A short film by Andy Nguyen documenting the faces and voices of transgender youth in Toronto. Shot on 16mm, Heroes was made at X University’s School of Image Arts in fall 2020, and selected for TIFF Next Wave Film Festival 2021 & Inside Out LGBT Film Festival 2021.

Directed by

Andy Nguyen

Andy Nguyen is a visual artist specializing in filmmaking and photography based in Toronto and Ho Chi Minh City. As a Vietnamese trans person, Andy wishes to continue in creating more projects that reflect on gender and cultural identity, and in portraying themes of vulnerability into his work.

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