VICE 'The Artist'

Documentary Short

Tommie, a single father who has recently transitioned from female to male, speaks of the difficulties and constraints that transgender people go through, especially in Singapore — as he so beautifully and honestly shares his story with us. We follow him as he consults @sutattoo regarding the shape of his areola, post mastectomy

Sumithra Debi is a third-generation tattooist well known for her paramedical tattoo work, where she uses tattoos to cover up scars from breast cancer surgeries, female-to-male surgeries and accidents. A non-conventional tattoo artist in every sense, she helps people overcome their insecurities by the simple, yet significant act of covering up physical scars

Client: Vice
Production House: Electric Lime Films
Director: Amanda Tan
DOP: Barnabas Chua
B-Unit Cam Op: Joshua Kim
Location Sound: Benjamin Lim