A Story of Unfolding Wings is a short stop-motion film made entirely from hand-woven frames. It tells the story of my journey as a trans woman. About living under a male mask, discovering and removing that mask. Waiting on the waiting list, the diagnostic phase, and the transition that followed. The film aims to show how important the transition can be for trans people, to empower those still on the waiting list, and to offer recognition and awareness to a wide audience.

For the film, I wove 8.4 meters of fabric into five canvases, which together yielded 1056 photographs. Each cloth represents a chapter in this process: life under a Boymask, the uncertainty of Waiting, the euphoria in Unmasked & Serenity. The weaving was both heavy and meditative. The process also helped in developing my own shuffle weaving technique for use in stop-motion filmmaking.

The soundtrack was played and composed by violinist Eefje Habraken, with sound recordings by Jasper Letschert. The embroidered titles were created in collaboration with Noa Mac Donald at the New Order Of Fashion textile workshop.

A Story of Unfolding Wings was made possible by Bewegend Beeld Gemeente Rotterdam, Voordekunst, and Cultuurfonds Zuid-Holland.