They

Panorama

""An artfully made… study of modern-day identity issues""

Hollywood Reporter
  • Archive - Festival 33
  • Director: Anahita Ghazvinizadeh
  • USA, Qatar 2017
  • 80 minutes
  • English
  • Subtitles in Hebrew

Fourteen-year-old J goes by the pronoun ”They” and lives with their parents in the suburbs of Chicago. J is exploring their gender identity while taking hormone blockers to postpone puberty. After two years of medication and therapy, J has to make a decision whether or not to transition. Over this crucial weekend while their parents are away, J’s sister Lauren and her Iranian friend/partner Araz arrive to take care of ”They”.

“You’d be hard pressed to find a more beautiful image of contemporary childhood” - IndieWire.

Feature Debut


  • Director Anahita Ghazvinizadeh
  • Production Zoe Sua Cho, Simone Ling
  • Script Anahita Ghazvinizadeh
  • Cinematography Carolina Costa
  • Editing Anahita Ghazvinizadeh, Dean Gonzalez
  • Music Vincent Gillioz
  • Festivals Cannes
  • Actors Rhys Fehrenbacher, Koohyar Hosseini, Nicole Coffineau
  • Source Luxbox, Paris