Jazz Tangcay Artisans Editor J Stevens’s drama “Really Happy Someday” is one of the many titles in search of distribution at this year’s Toronto International Film Festival.
Premiering Sunday night, the film stars Breton Lalama, Khadijah Roberts-Abdullah, Xavier Lopez and Ali Garrison. The captivating story centers around Z (Lalama), before his transition, as a rising musical theater star struggling with his gender identity.
One year into taking testosterone, he has finally started to feel at home in his body but has lost all control of his voice.
At the same time, Z’s long-term partner, Danielle (Roberts-Abdullah), feels she’s lost the person she fell in love with. Unable to book work with his changing voice, Z starts bartending, where his new boss, Santi (Lopez), emboldens him to fight for himself and his dreams.
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