Selection

Screening: Student Competition 2
South Africa 2024
Duration: 03:52
Directed: Kira Meiring
Screenplay: Danny Hendriksz
Production: The Animation School
Dialogue Language: English

Transgender swimmer and university student, Cooper, compares his lack of bulge to his cisgender teammates – specifically the King of Masculinity: Rio. He’s larger in every way, and Cooper notices. His dysphoria grows when Rio openly judges him for his small stature at their first swim meet. Cooper turns to an unconventional solution, only to find he’s not alone in his insecurity. Rio isn’t such a baller after all…