Fanfic (film)

Fanfic (Fanfik) is a 2023 Polish drama film directed by Marta Karwowska and written by Karwowska and Grzegorz Jaroszuk. Starring Alin Szewczyk, Jan Cięciara, and Dobromir Dymecki. It is a coming-of-age LGBT-related film based on the Fanfik (novel) by Natalia Osińska. It is notable as the first Polish film with a transgender actor, Alin Szewczyk, in the role of a transgender character. The film was released internationally on Netflix on 17 May 2023.

Plot
The story is centered on the self-discovery of the protagonist, initially known as Tosia, as a 17-year-old transgender boy, assuming the name Tosiek, the love story between him and his new classmate Leon, as well as the relationship between Tosiek and his father, Marcin.

Cast

 * Alin Szewczyk as Tosiek
 * Jan Cięciara as Leon
 * Dobromir Dymecki as Marcin
 * Wiktoria Kruszczyńska as Matylda
 * Maja Szopa as Emilia
 * Agnieszka Rajda as Roksana
 * Krzysztof Oleksyn as Konrad
 * Ignacy Liss as Maks
 * Oskar Rybaczek as Artur
 * Anna Krotoska as Jastrzębska
 * Sylwia Achu as Teacher
 * Marcin Perchuć as the father of Konrad
 * Adam Cywka as the father of Maks