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Always Amber

Country: Sweden, Language: Swedish, 76 mins

  • Director: Lia Hietala; Hannah Reinikainen
  • Writer: Hannah Reinikainen Bergenman, Lia Hietala
  • Producer: Goran Hugo Olsson; Melissa Lindgren

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At the age of 17, Amber opted for the gender-neutral Swedish pronoun “hen” and began consulting a therapist specialising in gender identities. “If I lived with my friends on a deserted island where there are no norms, I might not be here,” says Amber. They are part of a new queer generation that confidently demands freedoms and opportunities not offered to them by society.

Lia Hietala and Hannah Reinikainen’s long-term observational documentary spans three years and portrays not only Amber’s transition, but also the friendship with Sebastian. Supporting each other during their transitions, the two are for a long time inseparable. Their friendship breaks apart when they first experience romantic love, yet each remains a presence for the other. The film gives us a glimpse of what it might be like to live on Amber’s utopian island. Possessed of a pop icon-like sense of style, Amber’s social-media-savvy circle of friends celebrates a spectrum of fluid identities and the value of the close ties that can only emerge from this freedom.


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Cast & Characters

Amber Mastracci
Luciano Mastracci
Alma Mastracci
Sebastian
Olivera