MIPCOM Diversity Award 2019
Transkids
by Hilla Medalia • 2019 • 50’ x 5 & 103’ • Israel
Credits
Director / Producer:
Hilla Medalia
Producer:
Ronny Merdinger
A huge hit in Israel, TRANSKIDS is a raw and intimate coming-of-age journey of four extraordinary teenagers in the process of transitioning, in a country where military service is mandatory and Orthodox Jewish religion is the law.
Awards & Festivals
BFI Flare 2020, UK
MIPCOM Diversity Award 2019
Filmmaker’s Biography
Peabody Award-winning filmmaker Hilla Medalia has received four Emmy nominations. Her projects have garnered critical acclaim and screened internationally in theaters and on television including HBO, MTV, BBC, and ARTE. Among her range of titles include, TO DIE IN JERUSALEM (2007, HBO), AFTER THE STORM (2009, MTV), NUMBERED (2012, ARTE), DANCING IN JAFFA (2013, Tribeca, IFC Sundance selects), WEB JUNKIE (2014, Sundance, POV for PBS, BBC), THE GO GO BOYS (2014, Cannes Film Festival), CENSORED VOICES (2015, Sundance, Berlinale), MUHI – GENERALLY TEMPORARY (2017, San Francisco Film Festival, HotDocs, AFI, Docaviv), THE OSLO DIARIES (2018, HBO, ARTE, Sundance), and LEFTOVER WOMEN (2019, ARTE, Independent Lens for PBS, The New York Times Op-Doc). Hilla holds an MA from Southern Illinois University.
