Waiting for Axel
- Title: Waiting for Axel
- Year of production: 2014
- Duration: 18`
- Directors: Andrea Celija, Simona Jerala
- Screenwriters: Andrea Celija, Simona Jerala
- Camera: Simona Jerala
- Sound: Enej Mavsar
- Editing: Andrea Celija
- Producers: Andrea Celija, Simona Jerala
- Production: Ekvilib Inštitut , Samostalna produkcija
The film follows a young, transgender female to male person from Croatia, who should have started a process of hormone therapy. Instead of getting what her therapist and doctors had promised him, he
struggles with an ignorant and unprofessional medical system, which keeps postponing the start of his medical treatment. The film is a story of waiting for a personal change, which means the world to someone, and nothing to people standing in his way.
Directors:
Andrea Celija (1985) was born in Puli. Graduated sociology on the Faculty of Social Sciences in Ljubljana. She participated in a lot of film workshops: Documentary Film Workshop (Global Sofa, Ljubljana), Film seminar/laboratory (JSKD, Ljubljana), Zagreb Jewish Film Festival (International Talent...
Simona Jerala (1984)She graduated in sociology of culture and comparative literature at University of Ljubljana. Currently she is studying on master program of documetary film direction DOC Nomads in Lizbon, and Brussels.
Festivals where it was shown:
- 2014. - 8th Vox Feminae Festival (Zagreb, Croatia)
- 2014. - 30th LGBT Film Festival (Ljubljana, Slovenia)
- 2015. - TranScreen Film Festival (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
