''Transformer'' is a 2017 Canadian

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directed by

Michael Del Monte Michael Del Monte is a Canadian documentary filmmaker best known for writing and directing the 2017 film ''Transformer''. Life and career Del Monte received a B.A. in philosophy from the University of Western Ontario. He completed his master' ...

, featuring competitive bodybuilder

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coping with both the physical and social processes of

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after coming out as a

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Release and awards

The film premiered at the 2017

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, where it won the audience prize and feature documentary award. "Transgender Documentary ‘Transformer’ Bought by Gravitas"
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'', July 10, 2018. It subsequently screened at the 2018

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, where it won both

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categories, the juried award for best Canadian documentary and the emerging Canadian filmmaker award, then at the 2018

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, where it won the audience award for best transgender film. The film was distributed in Canada primarily as a television film on the

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, with international theatrical distribution by

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. Graham Withers received a

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nomination for Best Editing in a Documentary at the

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."2019 Canadian Screen Award Nominees for Documentary"
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'', February 7, 2019.

References

External links

* 2017 films 2017 LGBT-related films Canadian sports documentary films Canadian LGBT-related films Transgender-related documentary films Documentary films about LGBT sportspeople 2010s English-language films 2010s Canadian films {{2010s-Canada-documentary-film-stub