Synopsis

At the age of 18, Fabian is determined to return to the ring and take on the most important fight of his life: to be recognized as the first transgender boxer in Ecuador. This leads him to confront sports authorities and a conservative society that rejects him and, along the way, to become a reference in activism for transgender children.

• Elvira Durango

  Director

  Co-writer of the documentary MAMA, winner of SANFIC Industria DocsMX (2021). Director of short films for TVHOY channel (2014). Co-writer of the feature documentary film Carmela and the Travelers and writer of the documentary Planeta Verde for DirecTV (2018). Master’s degree in Film and TV Scriptwriting at UPSA, Spain.

• Esteban Coloma

  Producer

  He directed, among others, the short films Hopeland (Terra di Tutti Film Fest 2018) and MAMA (winner Arica Nativa 2019). He produced Mother Moon (2018), Ukamau y Ké (2016), and the short film Wawamama (2021). He is currently co-directing Carmela and the Travelers (National Fund of Ecuador, IDFAcademy, Miradasdoc, DocsMX). He holds an MFA in Social Documentary Film from the School of Visual Arts of New York.