‘Outlander’ Editor Jack Goessens Sets Out for Directorial Debut With Trans Coming-of-Age Project ‘Boifriend’ (EXCLUSIVE)

It was director Jack Goessens’ own experience as a trans man that inspired his feature debut, “Boifriend.” “The story is based on my personal journey as a trans man figuring out my identity. When I started my transition, I was often asked: ‘How do you know? And how did you get to that conclusion?’ And I thought this was interesting because trans films usually start from the beginning point of the transition and don’t often talk about how trans people figured out they were trans.” One of 20 projects selected at this year’s CineMart — the co-production market at the… Read Full Article