Lola and the Sea

A young trans woman embarks on a journey with her estranged father to scatter her mother’s ashes in this tender depiction of identity and family ties.

Just as young trans woman Lola (Mya Bollaers) learns she is finally able to have life changing surgery, she receives the news that her mother has passed. Traveling home for the funeral, she faces her estranged father, Phillipe (Benoît Magimel), and the pair reluctantly embark on a journey to fulfil her mother’s last wish - to have her ashes scattered in the Belgium North Sea.

A road trip to remember, Bollaers gives a remarkable debut performance in this vital trans coming-of-age story, navigating the tender and tumultuous terrain of identity and familial relationships.