The Dads

Directed by Luchina Fisher, USA, 72 minutes

Inspired by an Emmy Award-winning short documentary, this film follows a community of fathers of trans and nonbinary children who find themselves navigating an increasingly volatile political landscape in the United States. As a powerful anti-trans agenda takes hold, they are forced to confront what it means to choose family, love, and protection in the face of national division. Filmed over the course of a year across retreats in rural Maine and Minnesota, as well as protests, family milestones, a pivotal U.S. Supreme Court decision, and the rapid erosion of gender-affirming care for youth, the documentary captures a deeply personal American reckoning through intimate verité footage and candid interviews with its central subjects.