FESTIVALS: *Dok.Fest Münich (Germany) * Thessaloniki Documentary Film Festival (Greece) * Inside Out - Toronto LGBT Film and Video Festival (Canada) | Transfixed
Transfixed tells the story of a highly unconventional romance: Martine Stonehouse and John Gelmon are middle-aged “underdogs,” living with Asperger Syndrome –an autism spectrum disorder that makes communication with others extremely difficult. Martine is also a transsexual activist in Toronto, who wants the genital reassignment surgery that will change her into the woman she has always believed herself to be. Martine and John both dream of getting married. Yet, John—who identifies straight—will not marry Martine unless she “gets a vagina.” The only problem: no doctor in Canada will agree to perform the surgery on Martine because her obesity makes her a high-risk for both stroke and heart attack. Before John and Martine can fulfill their dream of living as husband and wife, they will have to overcome Martine’s battle of the bulge, John’s stubborn-mindedness, a series of medical complications, financial woes, and a stressful race to pull off the ultimate wedding – one that simultaneously celebrates and smashes down romantic conventions, and one that is as unique and compelling as they are. ABOUT THE DIRECTOR : ALON KOL REVIEW: Uncovering The Connection Between Autism And Gender Dysphoria - by Dan Avery, Editor in Chief NEWNOWNEXT ‘Transfixed’ paints an intimate portrait of an amazing woman by Amanda Clarke, CINEFILLES, real girls, reel talks ‘Transfixed’ documents a love story with gender complexities - by G. Allen Johnson, SFGATE It's heady stuff rescued from ivory-tower theorizing and placed in the context of the real world and real people, making Transfixed a timely, important film. - by Ernest Hardy, LA WEEKLY Transfixed offers an intimate glimpse into a complicated life - by Michael Lyons, PLENITUDE Magazine "Alon Kol chronicles a love story facing more challenges than most." - by John DeFore, The Hollywood Reporter "A real life strory with complications." - by Ken Jaworowski, The New York Times Truly 'Transfixed' by a documentary about a couple in transition - by Gary Goldstein, The Los Angeles Times PRESS IMAGES: (click to preview) 
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