Fox and Owl Can't Get Married

Fox and Owl Can’t Get Married is a documentary that explores the inequalities for transgender people within the UK law, specifically on the subject of marriage.

Fox and Owl are a non-binary couple who want to get married in the UK, however they are unable to tie the knot until their gender becomes legally recognised within UK law. This documentary will find them delving into the legal processes surrounding marriage and discovering what obstacles are preventing them from getting hitched.

But wait, what’s non-binary?

Non-binary people are people who in somehow identify outside the rigid categories of being a man or a woman. These identities can include feeling like both, feeling that your gender is more fluid and not stuck in one place, or completely outside of this binary of gender. Imagine gender a bit like sexual orientation - a spectrum or a continuum of many possibilities.

Non-binary people face many challenges when it comes down to love and language. In an ever-expanding society of gender and sexuality, it becomes increasingly difficult for people who are somehow different to explain their identities and find terms that encompass them. Man or woman, gay or straight simply doesn’t cut it anymore. Dating and love is already complicated enough as it is, but trans people in general face even more bigger challenges when it comes down to their identities, bodies and people’s prejudice towards trans people.

We are Illuminate Films, a motivated group of final year uni film makers who want to make projects that inspire change.

We need to raise money for travel and other expenses so that it's the best it can be. With the help of your donations, we will be able to create an amazing film that does justice to the community/subject matter.

Here's the budget and how it'll be spent. As students, we know how to be careful/thrifty with money so everything will be put to good use.


All pledgers of £10 or more will be invited to the Premiere Screening in Southampton in June! We can't fund travel but you'll be welcome to join us if you can.

If we raise more than needed, the excess will be donated to Trans Pride Brighton, a charity of which Fox is a trustee for.

(If you do pledge £10 or more, send an email to illuminatefilmsgb at gmail.com and we'll send you the full premiere details when they are out!)

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Link to Fox's screenprint work: www.foxicorn.com