Goca is a transvestite from Belgrade, the capital of a country in which it is illegal to organise or attend a gay pride event. Although her boyfriend doesn’t respect her, Goca still loves her and does everything to make sure that she is cheerful and open. On the day of her 39th birthday, she decides do celebrate her coming out on a stage, before the public. She thus tells the story of her life to the audience: “When I was a boy, I was a girl”. A few months after the production of the film, Goca started to work as an activist for transexual rights in Serbia, and founded the “Hestija” association.

Ivana Todorovic was born in Belgrade in 1979. She studied ethnology, anthropology and peace and conflict studies at the University of Belgrade, participated in the “Jean Rouch Ateliers Varan” cinema and documentary workshops, and later graduated from New School in New York in “Documentary Media Studies”. Her films, which include “Rapresent” (2008) and “A Harlem Mother” (2009), have been shown at numerous international festivals, including Berlinale Shorts, Trasverse City Festival, Rotterdam, Palm Spring Shorts and Rooftop, finding great success around the world. Her documentaries focus on themes of social change, and have been used by numerous NGOs for awareness-raising campaigns.