Charlotte Lagarde
film and visual art
REAL BOY
Executive producer
a film by Shaleece Haas
documentary film - 63:00 - 2016
broadcast on PBS/Independent Lens
REAL BOY is an intimate story of a family in transition. As 19-year-old Bennett Wallace navigates sobriety, adolescence, and the evolution of his gender identity, his mother makes her own transformation from resistance to acceptance of her trans son. Along the way, both mother and son find support in their communities, reminding us that families are not only given, but chosen.
REAL BOY has screened more than 180 times in 20 countries, received multiple awards, and was broadcast on PBS’ Independent Lens in June 2017.
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Audience Award, Best Documentary
Frameline Film Festival, San Francisco, CA
Iris Prize Film Festival, Cardiff, Wales, UK
The James Lyons Editing Award for Documentary Feature
Woodstock Film Festival, Woodstock, NY
Honorable Mention, Feature Documentary
Woodstock Film Festival, Woodstock, NY
TWIST: Seattle Queer Film Festival, Seattle, WA
LesGaiCineMad, Madrid, Spain
Audience Award, Best Documentary
Austin Gay & Lesbian Film Festival, Austin, TX
Karen Schmeer Award for Excellence in Documentary Editing
Independent Film Festival Boston, Boston, MA
Durango Film Festival, Durango, CO
Jury Prize, Best Documentary
MiFo LGBT Film Festival, Ft. Lauderdale, FL
OUT at the Movies, Winston-Salem, NC
AWARDS & HONORS
Jury Prize, Best Documentary Feature
ImageOUT, Rochester, NY
Audience Award, Best Feature
Pride Film Festival, College Station, TX
Jury Prize, Best Documentary Feature
Tampa Bay International Gay & Lesbian Film Festival, Tampa, FL
Best Documentary, Best Directing, & Best Editing Awards
Transforming Cinema, Sheffield, UK
Audience Award, Best Documentary
ReelQ, Pittsburgh, PA
Oslo/Fusion, Oslo, Norway
Dayton LGBT Film Festival, Dayton, OH
Rio Festival de Gênero & Sexualidade no Cinema, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Jury Prize, Best Documentary Feature (First-Time Director)
qFLIX, Philadelphia, PA
Honorable Mention
North Louisiana Gay & Lesbian Film Festival, Shreveport, LA
ITVS
California Humanities
Independent Lens
IFP
Film Independent
Berkeley Film Foundation
The Fledgling Fund
California Institute of Contemporary Arts
Pacific Pioneer Fund
Rough Cuts
Swell Cinema
San Francisco Film Society
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