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ALL ABOUT MY FATHER

Young film director Even Benestad tells the story of his own father Espen Benestad who is a transvestite and seeks his son's acceptance.
"All About my Father" is a personal documentary about a well-respected doctor and transvestite in a small Christian town, directed by the one person most likely to convey his story with warmth, humour and irony: his son. Armed with a small video camera, and with the use of old nostalgic Super-8mm family footage, he set out to make a personal portrait of his transvestite father.

"Contrary to my father’s idea that this film would promote him as a colourful and different person who uses all his time and effort to combat the conservative bureaucracy, I wanted to make a deeply personal portrait of him where his transvestism and strong self-realisation forms the basis of the film," says the director. "I have made this film on my own terms. It is important to show that my family is not unique - there are many families like mine, and by making this film I hope others can see their families in perspective. In order to do this, I could not compromise – personal confrontation was paramount in making this a genuine film."

Berlin Teddy Award 2002
Directed by: Even Benestad

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KJELL

In the early 1950's Kjell discovered he was gay. Love had to be looked for abroad. Since he was good-looking, intelligent, and charming, he soon became popular in St. Tropez, Cannes, Paris, and London. However, only brief affairs came of this. Today time and opportunities have passed him by. Kjell is past his sell-by date, as he puts it himself. Yet he still dreams, but his dreams are like Gloria Swanson's in «Sunset Boulevard». With bittersweet charm he tells his life story, in words and pictures from his past career as a young model - up to his present situation as a disabled man knitting and watching videos, thinking about his past.
Directed by: Tonje Kristiansen