Adam’s Apple
Amy Jenkins / United States / 2026 / International Premiere / 97 min
A mother has followed her transgender teenager through a camera lens for two decades. A touching, intimate, and eye-opening account of parents, children, and butterflies spreading their wings.
At the age of five, Audrey began wearing a Superman costume under her clothes when she went to school. She also began saying that she was embarrassed to be a girl. Ten years later, Audrey has transitioned to Adam and dreams of getting an Adam’s apple. Over two decades, Adam’s mother, filmmaker Amy Jenkins, has followed and filmed her son’s life and the most important moments in his transition and search for identity. The camera is there when Adam celebrates his birthday, when he gets his first testosterone injection, and when he moves to New York to attend college.
‘Adam’s Apple’ is spliced together from footage shot by Amy and Adam himself, giving us an intimate, loving, and unique insight into growing up and getting used to a world where things are changing – both as a child and as a parent. There is no preaching or dictating. Instead, the film simply lets a life hatch from its cocoon and develop while the cameras roll. A human response to the hostility many transgender people encounter in the world.