BEING SASCHA
SHORT DOCUMENTARY
by Manuel Gübeli
Sascha’s name wasn’t always Sascha. But now it is. Sascha doesn’t identify as a man or as a woman, but as trans non-binary. A story about what it means to live in a society that wasn’t expecting you. A glimpse into a life that allows us to question our own categories. And a film about what it means to be oneself.
AWARDS
Basel Film Prize Best Short Film
Senior Jury Prize at the LA CABINA Film Festival Valencia
Best Cinematography Award at the LGBTQ+ L.A. Film Festival
Best Swiss Short Film at La Fête du Slip Lausanne
FESTIVALS
Solothurn Film Festival
LA CABINA Int. Medium-Length Film Festival Valencia
BFI FLARE LGBTIQ+ Film Festival London
Mecal Int. Short and Animation Film Festival Barcelona
Outshine LGBTQ+ Film Festival Miami
LICHTER Filmfest Frankfurt International
Indy Film Fest Indianapolis
Ghent Viewpoint Documentary Film Festival
Out & Loud Pune Int. Queer Film Festival India
LGBTQ+ Los Angeles Film Festival
Porny Days Film Art Festival Zurich
Pink Apple Queer Film Festival Zurich
La Fête du Slip Lausanne
PrideFlix LGBTQ+ Festival Philadelphia
Barnes Film Festival UK
QueerX Film Festival
Pink Panorama Lucerne
Fesses-tival Geneva
Tirana Int. Film Festival
qFlix Philly LGBTQ+ Film Festival
Luststreifen Film Festival Basel
Queer Film Fest Rostock
Queer Film Fest Weiterstadt
Chéries Chéries Festival du film LGBTQ de Paris
Visibilities – Queer Feminist Film Festival Vienna
Merlinka Int. Queer Film Festival Serbia
WATCH ONLINE (GER/CH/AUT only)
https://vimeo.com/ondemand/beingsascha/
LINKS ORGANISATIONS
Transgender Network Switzerland
https://www.tgns.ch
Du bist du
https://du-bist-du.ch
Milchjugend
https://milchjugend.ch
Regenbogenportal
https://www.regenbogenportal.de
WITH
Sascha Rijkeboer
WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY
Manuel Gübeli
IN COLLABORATION WITH
Aissa Tripodi
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY
Peter Zwierko
SOUND
Timo Schaub
EDITING
Katharina Bhend
MUSIC
Tobias Stuber
SOUND DESIGN & PRE-MIX
Thomas Rechberger
MIX
Manuel Gerber
PRODUCER
Peter Zwierko
PRODUCTION
Sulaco Film GmbH
IN CO-PRODUCTION WITH
ZDF/3sat
COMMISSIONING EDITOR
Katya Mader
WITH THE FINANCIAL SUPPORT OF
Fachausschuss Film und Medienkunst BS/BL
Teleproduktions-Fonds
Canton Zug / Innerschweizer Filmfachgruppe (IFFG)
Canton Solothurn
Migros-Kulturprozent