Project Description

Title: GABI – ages 8 to 13
Director: Engeli Broberg
Producer: Anna J Ljungmark, Jakob Eklund
Sounddesign Trailer: Mari-Louise Nilebrink
Duration: 75/58
Partners: Swedish Film Institute, Sundance Film Institute, Filmbasen, Film i Dalarna, Creative Europe
Delivery: Spring 2021

Winner Best Doc at Nordic Int’l Film Festival! Winner Best Doc MiX Milan Festival! Official Selection CPH: DOX. Some say I want to be a boy, but I’m not, I just want to be Gabi. A simple wish one could think, it’s not. Gabi feels different. As an outspoken 8 year old this never created problems. But as the family moves to a small town and puberty closes in, things start to change. Over the course of 5 years we literally see Gabi growing up before our eyes. Challenging the preconceptions of gender and norms and underlining the right to be who you are.