Winner of the Audience Choice Award
for Best Documentary at the 2005 Melbourne Queer Film Festival,
feature documentary Funny Kinda Guy tells the story
of the transition from female to male of transgendered singer-songwriter
Simon de Voil.
A musical odyssey, the film uses Simon's own songs to tell
his remarkable story. The journey lasts more than a year
and a half, and takes him from his native Scotland to the
other side of the world. There is freedom and happiness
along the way, as his new-found masculinity flourishes,
but there is also sadness and loss, as he irreversibly sacrifices
his female singing voice to hormone treatment.
"FUNNY KINDA GUY is not a likely title
for a documentary about a transgendered singer-songwriter
who, while gaining his true identity as a man, must sacrifice
his voice to hormone treatment. Yet Scotland's Simon de
Voil is so charismatic and good-natured, the title quickly
grabs hold and never lets go."
Jim Norrena, Frameline 29 - San Francisco International
LGBT Film Festival Catalogue
"a strong sense of compassion towards a clever
and witty guy struggling to come to terms with his own masculinity...FUNNY
KINDA GUY scores by simply telling it straight."
