February 25, 2026, COPENHAGEN – The next edition of CPH:DOX, Copenhagen International Documentary Film Festival, will run from March 11 to March 22, 2026. The festival features three screenings of Adam’s Apple, including one with a special acoustic concert by Mekdes.
Main Content
A transgender teen and his mother chronicle their lives, artistically weaving a rare and intimate portrait of a family in transition. Two decades of footage trace a boy’s path to manhood and his parents' vulnerability as they reckon with change.
ADAM’S APPLE is an intimate, collaborative documentary told through the dual perspectives of Adam, a transgender teen, and his mother, visual artist Amy Jenkins, offering an authentic and tender counterpoint to the hostility facing trans youth today. Adam’s journey balances the milestones of gender transition with the rhythms of adolescence. As Adam asserts his identity and steps out into the world, his parents grapple with the challenges of raising a teen while learning to let go. Through a visually poetic approach, the film transforms a deeply personal archive, collected over two decades, into a powerful, joyful testament to the beauty and difficulty of reckoning with profound change.
ADAM'S APPLE will have its U.S. premiere at SXSW in Austin, TX, and its international premiere at CPH:DOX in Copenhagen.
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News
August 21, 2023 NEW YORK, NY  — The Sundance Institute today announced this year’s grantees for the Sundance Institute Documentary Fund, which supports the work of nonfiction filmmakers from around the globe. Twenty-three projects have been selected for unrestricted grant funding totaling just over $1,000,000. This cycle of granting has projects from notable filmmakers, including Looking at Ourselves directed by Oscar and Emmy-nominated filmmaker Lourdes Portillo, Adam’s Apple directed by artist and filmmaker Amy Jenkins, and Untitled Uvalde Documentary by Anayansi Prado.
July 24, 2023 PARK CITY, UT  — The Sundance Institute today announced 10 producers selected to participate in the Producers Lab and 11 producers for the fall Producers Intensive, including ADAM’S APPLE producer, Brit Fryer.
May 15, 2023 NEW YORK, NY — Amy Jenkins was named the 2023 Harvard Film Study Center Fellow and Brit Fryer was named the 2023 Black Public Media Fellow for the 68th Flaherty Film Seminar titled “Queer World-Mending.”
July 11, 2022 CAMBRIDGE, MA — Harvard University and the LEF Foundation are delighted to announce that Amy Jenkins has been selected as the 2022-23 recipient of the Film Study Center-LEF Foundation Fellowship.
August 18, 2021 CAMDEN, ME — Points North Institute Unveils 2021 Artist Programs in an exclusive feature in VARIETY. ADAM’S APPLE is chosen for a LEF/CIFF Fellowship, to participate in private workshops and industry meetings over five days in September.
June 1, 2019 KEENE, NH — Judges announce the 2019 Ruth and James Ewing Arts Awards. Amy Jenkins is a recipient of the Interdisciplinary Award, and is featured in an in-depth article in the Keene Sentinel.