Director with a difference Lekha J. Shankar
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Transgender filmmaker Tanwarin Sukkhapisit, whose film was screened at the Osian Cinefan Festival in New Delhi, talks about the gender issue, her life and work.
One of the much-talked about films at the Osian Cinefan Festival (July 27 to August 5) in New Delhi, is by a transgender filmmaker from Thailand, Tanwarin Sukkhapisit. She is also one of the most talked-about artists in the Thai film industry today.
Tanwarin's film, 'It Gets Better' (screened on July 28 in New Delhi) has won appreciation at festivals in Cape Town (South Africa) and Udine (Italy), and will soon go to festivals in Hawaii, Copenhagen and Sao Paulo.
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Tanwarin's 2010 film, 'Insects in the Backyard' had been banned in Thailand, because it has explicit sexual content, especially in connection with the 'other' gender.