Lotte van Eijk is, in her own words, a 24-year-old Rotterdam fat femme. Someone who makes herself hard for the fat liberation movement, bathes in queer love, and tries every day to be an advocate for everyone who is forgotten. On her Instagram, she translates her inner self to the outside world, shows people there's more than what the mass media shows us, and speaks raw and real about subjects that others only dance around. In 2019, Lotte van Eijk was the moderator for the film Fat Front during the IDFA Meets program Beyond Labels. This year, Lotte presents her must-sees at IDFA below.
Lotte van Eijk's must-sees at IDFA
At the start of the corona pandemic, young transmasculine filmmaker Cássio Kelm ends up isolated in a small apartment with his father. Close to You subtly tells a layered story combining personal transition, unspoken tenderness, and Brazilian politics.
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Gabi just wants to be herself, not a girl but not a typical boy either. And this is quite a challenge if the people around you—and ultimately also your own body—want to push you in a particular direction.
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A gentle and intimate portrait of a small community of young queer people in a Georgian city, formed around the local women’s football team. Here in this self-made family, shielded from outside threats, they can share love and friendship.
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A romance between two transmasculines who met during the pandemic. Through the deserts of Vegas and LA, far from other people, with just a car, some cash, and a supply of testosterone, they expose the integral dynamics of masculinity and femininity.
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A transgender woman in a small indigenous community in Colombia, Georgina counters the hostility directed at her with the words, “I have only love.”
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