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Trans Memoria (2015 -2024)

Genre | Creative documentary
72 min
Director | Victoria Verseau
Production Company | HER Film and Les Films du Bilboquet
Status | World Premiere in The Proxima Competition at The Karlovy Vary International Filmfestival 2024.
kviff.com/en/programme/film/69/42561-trans-memoria

The Hollywood Reporter
“ ‘Trans Memoria’ Director Victoria Verseau on How the Film “Saved Me” and Everyone Is in “Transition”
The Swedish artist also discusses trans stories "made by people without that experience," the importance of identity, and why the movie at times feels like a ghost story.” - Georg Szalai
hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/trans-memoria-victoria-verseau-interview-kviff-trans-women-1235926792

Cineuropa
“With a radically open and personal project like this one, Verseau already stands out as a director to watch while her aesthetic and ethical commitment to cinema has led to Trans Memoria having its world premiere in Karlovy Vary’s Proxima Competition.” - Savina Petkova
cineuropa.org/en/newsdetail/464335


Synopsis
In a silent hotel in a remote Thai city, eight years have passed since Victoria and Meril met for the first time. Then they were about to undergo their gender confirmation surgeries and life was just about to begin. Now Meril is gone. Together with Athena och Aamina, on their own journeys of transition,Victoria returns to listen to the ghosts of the past, the laughs of the present and the whispers of the future.


Supported by

The Swedish Filminstitute
EUR Images
Cinema Du Monde
STHLM Debut Talent Program
ANNA-Award, WIFT Woman In Film and Television, UN Women Sweden
Eurodoc
Mediterranian Film Institute
Cannes Docs


“Honest and heartfelt, and never afraid to push boundaries, Trans Memoria is an exceptionally daring and insightful film and one of the year’s great discoveries.”
- ICS / International Cinephile Society.

Screened at
2024 
Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, Proxima Competition, Czech Republic, (World Premiere)kviff.com/en/programme/film/69/42561-trans-memoria
IDFA International Documentary Film Festival in Amsterdam, Best of fest, Netherlands.
festival.idfa.nl/film/03eb86d9-51ec-427b-a4a4-277c1eaefcc9/trans-memoria
Helsinki International Film Festival – Love & Anarchy.Reykjavík International Film Festival, Iceland.
Nordic Film Days Lübeck, Germany, Competition.
Leeds International Filmfestival, UK, Competition.
Belfort Entrevues Film Festival, Belfort France, Competition.
Tromsø International Film Festival, Norway.
Queer Lisboa - International Queer Film Festival, Portugal, Competition.
Chéries-Chéris Paris Gay and Lesbian Film Festival, France.
Kasseler Doc Fest, Germany, Competition.
Winner of ‘The Golden Key’ for best feature documentary.
Cork International Film Festival, Ireland.
The 58th Hof International Film Festival, Germany, Competition

2025 

Gothenburg International Film Festival, Sweden, Competition. 
Winner of The Dragon Award for Best Nordic Documentary 2025.
Festival Premiers Plans d’Angers, France, Competition.
Festival de cinéma Travelling Rennes, France.
(Upcoming) BFI: Flare LGBTQI+ Film Festival, London, UK.
(Upcoming) Tempo Documentary Film Festival, Sweden, Competition.
(Upcoming )SXSW South by Southwest, Austin Texas, US.
schedule.sxsw.com/2025/films/2206829

2023
Cannes Film Festival, Cannes Docs / Marche du Film, France. 
(previous title Meril) - work in progress / feature film.
Winner of ‘The Hiventy Postproduction Prize.






















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