When I was on my way to Brighton last week I was made aware of a new trans-related film project that sounds very interesting and positive. Here’s the story behind it.

Jack (Jaakko Jaskari), a Finnish filmmaker, was in the Philippines where he met and fell in love with a local girl called Char (Charlese Saballe). But Char was no ordinary girl, she was a Chair of STRAP, a Philippine trans advocacy group. Jack and Char hope to move to Finland and get married, but they also want to share their story with the world in a short series of documentary films. Those will doubtless cover Char’s work in trans advocacy in the Philippines. And if the project goes well, they hope to make more films in other areas of trans advocacy.

Eventually they will be looking for people to contribute financially to the project, but right now they are looking for people who can join a team and devote time and effort to helping make the project happen. It’s not something I can do — I am way too busy, and Fox & Lewis said pretty much the same thing — but possibly some of you folks would be interested in helping out. You can learn more here.

And here’s a short video about the project featuring our hero and heroine.