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 XXY doors open at 3:45PM
free parking on street For just about everybody, adolescence means having to confront a number of choices and life decisions, but rarely any as monumental as the one facing 15 year-old Alex (Inés Efron,) who was born an intersex child.* As Alex begins to explore her sexuality, her mother invites friends from Buenos Aires to come for a visit at their house on the gorgeous Uruguayan shore, along with their 16-year- old son Álvaro (Martín Piroyanski.) Alex is immediately attracted to the young man, which adds yet another level of complexity to her personal search for identity, and forces both families to face their worst fears. *ABOUT THE TERM INTERSEX:
In biology, "hermaphrodite" means an organism that has both "male" and
"female" sets of reproductive organs, however in humans, there are no actual
"hermaphrodites" in this sense. In the past it has been common to call people
with intersex conditions "hermaphrodites" because intersex bodies share sex
chromosomes and characteristics of both genders and do not neatly conform to
what doctors define as the "normal" male or female bodies. Yet the label,
"hermaphrodite" is misleading, mythologizing, and often stigmatizing; members
of the community prefer the term "intersex people" or "people with intersex
conditions/experiences." FESTIVALS AND AWARDS:
WINNER – Critics’ Week Grand Prize & Golden Rail Award – Cannes FF
WINNER – Golden Athena Award for Best Film– Athens Int’l FF WINNER – New Director’s Award – Edinburgh Int’l FF (opening night film) WINNER – Association of Quebec’s Cinema Critics Prize – Festival Nouveau Cinema Montreal WINNER – Three Castle Awards – Castellinaria Int’l Youth FF
WINNER – Youth Council Award – Valladolid Int’l FF WINNER – Best Feature Film – Festival de Cinéma des 3 Amériques (Quebec City) WINNER – Quebec Film Critics Award – Montreal Festival of New Cinema
WINNER – Pink Peach LGBT Award – Atlanta FF WINNER – Audience Award for Best Feature Film – Frameline FF WINNER – Audience Award for Best Feature Film – Out Film Connecticut WINNER – Best Feature – Reel Pride FF WINNER – Grand Jury Award for Outstanding International Dramatic Feature Outfest Film Festival WINNER – Best Screenplay – Providence Latino FF WINNER – Audience Award for Best Feature Film – Inside Out, Ottawa LGBT FF
WINNER – Audience Award for Best Foreign Film – Pittsburgh Int’l Lesbian and Gay FF
WINNER – Best Feature Film – Clip, Tampa Int’l Gay and Lesbian FF
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