‘My Sunnyside’ Director on the Importance of Telling Trans Love Stories in Trump Era: ‘Trans People Are Like Us’

variety.com:

Rafa Sales Ross Guest Contributor At the start of Matylda Kawka’s feature debut “My Sunnyside,” an officiant welcomes guests to “the most traditional progressive wedding” they will ever go to.

In the footage that succeeds it, we learn why: despite entrepreneur Jo and science professor Allie both being trans and surrounded by fellow liberal thinkers, they have found great comfort within traditional structures such as marriage and parenthood.

Kawka’s Thessaloniki Documentary Festival entry trails their love story throughout eight years, as the two blend their lives and families in a world still plagued with persistent discrimination and systemic barriers against trans people.

Speaking with Variety ahead of the film’s premiere in Greece, Kawka recalls first meeting Jo as a freelance video editor who worked for one of his many companies.