Voices

Documentary | Germany, Russia | 2017 | 28 min.

Directors, Producers: Pierre-Yves Dalka, Ekaterina Izmestyeva, Karolina Panferova | DOP: Ekaterina Izmestyeva, Pierre-Yves Dalka | Sound: Karolina Panferova | Editing: Ekaterina Izmestyeva | Funded by “Oppose Othering!” – a project of Deutsches Film / goEast – Festival for Central and Eastern European Film with  financial support of Foundation ‘Remembrance, Responsibility and Future’ (EVZ)

Transgender people making use of their personal voices: Malvina trains her voice at the Moscow LGBT* Community Centre, in a group for trans women lead by Vasilisa, a choir director. In Berlin, green political activist Claudia speaks out through the medium of photography, while Luis embarks on a testosterone therapy program that will hopefully cause his voice to break.

Screenings and awards**:
goEast – Festival for Central and Eastern European Film, Wiesbaden (2017) / Wilde Möhre, Drebkau (2017) / Vilnius LGBT* festival “Kreives”, Vilnius (2017) / Nuremberg Human Rights Film Festival, Nuremberg (2017) / queerfilm festival Bremen, Bremen (2017) / East Silver and Jihlava International Documentary Film Festival, Jihlava (2017) / MOLDOX festival, Cahul (2017) / Santo Domingo OutFest – Festival Internacional de Cine LGBT**, Santo Domingo (2017) / FilmFestival Cottbus, Cottbus (2017) / RapidLion – South African International Film Festival, Johannesburg (2018) / Artículo 31 Film Fest, Madrid (2018) / XPOSED Queer Film Festival, Berlin (2018)