in between

Films about transgender people often follow a simple dramaturgy. Someone feels strange in their own body, wants to adapt their outer appearance to their inner feelings and after the operation everything is in balance and fine. Rikke Kutzenberger´s documentary in between sets out in a refreshing, new direction: for four years she follows the daily lives of two people who feel themselves in between, unwilling to fit into any of the pre-given gender roles.

"If I were to live in a culture in which transsexuals had a different status, would I still need the hormones?" Despite such doubts Si-Phi (previously...