Schoenburn — who identifies as nonbinary — says the film is "an attempt to use the language of cinema to articulate the hard-to-describe feeling of dysphoria."

"Growing up, I did not know this word, nor did I know the words 'transgender,' or 'non-binary.' These terms hardly existed at the time, and today I believe we're still just beginning to develop a language through which we can articulate our transgender experiences, whether verbally or cinematically."