Adam’s Apple

Adam’s Apple is an intimate, collaborative documentary told through the dual perspectives of Adam, a transgender teen, and his mother, visual artist Amy Jenkins, that offers an authentic and tender counterpoint to the hostility facing trans youth today. Adam’s journey balances the milestones of gender transition with the rhythms of adolescence. As Adam asserts his identity and steps out into the world, his parents grapple with the challenges of raising a teen while learning to let go. Through a visually poetic approach, the film transforms a deeply personal archive, collected over two decades, into a powerful, joyful testament to the beauty and difficulty of reckoning with profound change.

After the screening, Adam Sieswerda will join SQIFF Director Indigo Korres in conversation.

Presented in partnership with Scottish Documentary Institute.

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Accessibility

This event has:

• English-BSL interpretation for the introduction and Q&A. The interpreter for this event is TBC.
• English audio with English language Descriptive Subtitles.
• Live Captioning for the introduction and Q&A.
• Audio Description for the film.
• An induction loop is available at the GFT Box Office. Enhanced Audio (EA) is available in their screening rooms via headset.
• Access notes: Flashing imagery.
• Content notes: Depiction of hospitalisation, needles. Discussion of COVID-19 pandemic, mental health, surgery.

This screening is 98 minutes long and has an age recommendation of N/C 15+

If you require access seating please get in touch. Access seating includes: wheelchair spaces, sitting in the front row / in the aisle / at the back. If you need any other provisions, please let us know by emailing [email protected] with your name, ticket information and access request. We will do our best to work with you whilst also managing the capacity of  the venue. Thank you for working with us on this. 

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Supported by Screen Scotland, the BFI Audience Projects Fund and Film Hub Scotland (part of the BFI Film Audience Network), all awarding National Lottery funding.

Image Credit: Adam’s Apple, Dir. Amy K. Jenkins, 2026