BFI Flare 2026 – What Will I Become? ★★★★★

Released: TBC (BFI Flare 2026)

Director: Lexie Bean and Logan Rozos

On Monday 9th March it was announced that gender-affirming hormone treatment for transgender teenagers of the ages 16 and 17 was to be rescinded by the NHS. This comes after the blanket ban on puberty blockers for under-18s by current health secretary Wes Streeting. These examples are just two in a long line of continued systematic policy change to erase Transgender people from everyday life. A Good Law Project research has recently found that since the ban suicide amongst Trans youth has spiked. It is an extremely volatile time for Trans people to exist, meaning it is more important than ever to listen to Trans people and discover trans stories. Enter Lexie Bean and Logan Rozos, two transgender boys from America, who have made a documentary called What Will I Become? It follows both of their stories and the stories of two other Trans boys who unfortunately took their life. If there is any documentary that you need to watch at this moment it’s this one.

What Will I Become? intertwines the narratives of Blake Brockington and Kyler Prescott. By unravelling their stories the documentary gets to the heart of the struggle that trans people are experiencing in the modern day simply for wanting to exist. Peeling back the layers on a society that simply has no love for them, to the extent that they felt the only way to deal with it was to take their own lives. There are interjections of abuse Blake and Kyler faced. For example Blake made national news for being crowned homecoming king at his school formal and ended up facing barrages of abuse across social media. Kyler found themselves in hospital after a suicide attempt where one of the nurses misgendered them despite their actual gender markers being on their records. It is a harrowing indictment of a world that still doesn’t fully understand transness and resorts to hatred instead of a curiosity to understand and accept. These moments are heart wrenching, but it isn’t where the documentary shines.

What Will I Become? is strong because it doesn’t shy away from the harsh facts, its acknowledgment that Trans people have died and are still dying because of normative structures is welcome. However it’s in the smaller moments of love and community that a broader picture of Blake and Kyler’s life are painted. The documentary takes us through important people in both their lives, including Kyler’s family, and Blake’s friends and teachers. A particularly emotional moment comes from Blake’s Rugby coach, where he discusses how Blake was blocked from playing in the team due to being Transgender. Just to see how Blake found acceptance in his coach and teammates was beautiful to see. Importantly it tells us that hatred towards Trans people – that the global campaign against Trans people’s freedom – is not an inevitability. 

The care and love brought to What Will I Become? from Bean and Rozos is so clear. They use their stories as an inroad to the wider conversation, which is told through intentional talking heads, beautiful animation, and archive footage that lets us into Blake and Kyler’s lives in an intimate way. The animation is a particular highlight in that it substitutes into the storytelling where archive footage wasn’t available, it is used infrequently but it has huge impact. There is a clear point of view through the two of them and the filmmaking decisions they make, the first inquisitive questions they ask interviewees, and moments they choose the highlight. All of this goes to prove the importance of these kinds of stories being told by people who are a part of the same community. 

What Will I Become? could genuinely be the most important documentary for right now. In a time where Trans people are being barred from living as their true selves in every facet of society, stories about trans people are more important than ever to help people understand instead of hate. Stories that don’t shy away from the heartbreak the trans community feels heavily on a daily basis, but also stories that offer hope for the future. One where we can all live as our authentic selves. 

A link to the documentary website which has resources for Trans people: https://www.wwibdoc.com/

A link to The Good Law Project for info on how to support Trans people in the UK: https://goodlawproject.org/resource/support-resources-for-trans/