She’s a Boy I Knew
Gwen Haworth/70min/Canada/2007

Using archival footage and animation, Vancouver filmmaker Gwen Haworth documents her male-to-female gender transition partially through the voices of her anxious but loving family, best friend, and wife. Finding self-empowerment through self-representation, She's a Boy I Knew is a comic, heartbreaking, and uplifting autobiography that breaks away from the marginalized depictions of transsexuals that populate mainstream media, instead focusing on the interpersonal relationships of a family who unexpectedly find their bonds strengthening as they overcome their preconceptions of gender and sexuality.

Winner
People's Choice Award for Popular Canadian Film – Vancouver International Film Festival 2007
Women in Film & Television Artistic Merit Award - Vancouver International Film Festival 2007
Audience Choice Award for Documentary Film - Image+nation Montreal International LGBT Film Festival 2007