Reel Movie Mondays: Fall 2023

Before I Change My Mind

Directed by Trevor Anderson | Canada | 2022 | 89 min | NYR | English, Game Theory

It’s 1987 and when new kid Robin shows up for their first day of school, it seems everyone wants to know if they’re a boy or a girl. Robin, however, remains largely unbothered, keeping their attention focused on one person: Carter, the confident, charismatic school bully. As the two forge a complicated bond, Robin finds themselves making increasingly dangerous choices to fit in.

Directed by RDC (Red Deer Polytechnic) alumni Trevor Anderson, this film was partly filmed in Red Deer, AB. Local youth actor Lacey Oake won the “Best performance in a female role”, at the Iris Prize Film Festival, 2022. Shooting locations included Edmonton, Red Deer, St. Albert, Calmar and Beaumont, AB, Canada. 2SLGBTQIA+.