Mikajlo Ranković

Mikajlo Rankovic is a transsexual transplant to NYC from Belgrade, Serbia, where he worked as a producer in Belgrade`s Cultural Center. After moving to New York and working in theater and film, he decided to start making his own documentaries. There are plenty of films out there that deal with surgeries and hormones but just a few that explore life after transition. Coming up on the 10th anniversary of his own transition, Mikajlo is interested in how life plays many years after the “change” and how much being transsexual matters in a day to day life. Mikajlo is a proud father of a boy and is enjoying challenges of fatherhood.

biography available in Serbian: Mikajlo Ranković je transeksualni emigrant iz Beograda, gde je radio kao producent u Kulturnom centru Beograda. Pošto se preselio u Njujork i nakon rada u pozorištu i na filmu, odlučio je da krene da snima sopstvene dokumentarce. Snimljeno je mnogo filmova o operacijama prilagođavanja tela rodnom identitetu, hormonskoj terapiji, ali samo nekoliko njih bave se životom osoba nakon tranzicije. Deset godina nakon Mikajlove tranzicije, interesuje ga kako se život odvija nakon „promene“ i koliko to što je neko trans znači u svakodnevnom životu. Mikajlo je nedavno postao i ponosan otac dečaka i raduje se izazovima koje roditeljstvo donosi.