February 22, 2002
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All About My Father (2002)

Name: All About My Father
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2002-02-22

1h 15m

Running Time

February 22, 2002
Release Date

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Plot.

Young film director Even Benestad tells the story of his own father Espen Benestad who is a transvestite and seeks his son's acceptance.

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Cast & Crew.

Espen Benestad

Himself

Elsa Almås

Herself (wife)

Elisabeth Benestad

Herself (daughter)

Liv

Herself (first wife)

Even Benestad

Himself (son) / Director / Writer

August B. Hanssen

Writer

Bjørn Eivind Aarskog

Producer

John Erik Kaada

Composer

Steffan Strandberg

Cinematographer

Details.

Release Date
February 22, 2002

Original Name
Alt om min far

Status
Released

Running Time
1h 15m

Genres
Documentary

Last updated: 2025-02-13

This Movie Is About.

transvestite

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All About My Father (Norwegian: Alt om min far) is a 2002 Norwegian biographical documentary film written and directed by Even Benestad. All About My Father is a personal documentary about the director's parent, the famous sexologist and trans person Esben Esther Pirelli Benestad, who lives in the southern Norwegian city of Grimstad.

The film won the Teddy Award for best documentary at the 2002 Berlin International Film Festival, the Critics' Award at the 2002 Gothenburg Film Festival, and the Documentary Award at The Norwegian Short Film Festival in Grimstad. It also won the 2002 Amanda Award for Best Film (Norwegian). The film was well received by critics, getting five out of six points from reviewers in Aftenposten, Dagbladet, Verdens Gang and the NRK radio show Filmpolitiet.

Internationally, the film was shown in several film festivals.