01/03/2024
WORLD PREMIERE ANNOUNCEMENT
INDIA'S 1ST BEST TRANS MODEL AGENCY
WORLD PREMIERE AT BFI FLARE🏳️🌈✨
We are really proud to announce the World Premiere for INDIA'S 1ST BEST TRANS MODEL AGENCY on home soil at UK's biggest LGBTQIA+ Film Festival, BFI Flare in London on March 22nd. This documentary is directed by Ila Mehrotra, produced by Edward Dallal for Spring Films and co-produced by Mattima Films! In Norway, color grade was done by Kim-Marius Olsen, sound design by Syncpoint and music composed by Harpreet Bansal & Kate Havnevik. Supported by Norsk filminstitutt, Nordnorsk Filmsenter, Kulturdirektoratet and Stiftelsen Fritt Ord.
Filmed over seven years, this documentary charts Rudrani Chettri’s creation of her company, with her natural charisma catapulting her to fame as a trans activist. While she strives to free hijra from the traditional confines of performing blessings, begging and survival s*x work, the film considers the schisms within the culture, the myriad religious roots, and colonial attempts at erasure.
A group of visionary hijra in Delhi form a modelling agency to bring the traditional third gender into the 21st century.