Amber belongs to a queer generation which no longer wants society to dictate their identity. The teenagers proudly inhabit a spectrum of fluid identities and master their first loves and losses.
Seventeen-year-old Amber and best friend Sebastian refuse to let society label their gender. Moving through a spectrum of fluid identities, they dream together, party together, and form friendships with like minded people. The queer teenagers inhabit an open and loving world far away from the judging eyes of others, in which everything seems possible. But when Amber falls in love with Charlie, their utopian world is shaken to its core. Trust issues begin to emerge, and in the midst of it all, Amber has to face going through their transition alone.—Story AB
Meet Amber, a gender-fluid teenager. Together with best friend Sebastian, they belong to a queer generation that refuses to let the outside world dictate their identity. In Amber's coming-out, Sebastian played a crucial role, opening up a whole new, accepting and loving world far away from the judging eyes and norms of society. Everything seemed possible. Through self-recorded videos, archive material from their childhood and an intimate voice-over, we get a glimpse into Amber and Sebastian's everyday life: hanging out after school, dyeing each other's hair and having sleepovers.
But something is challenging their utopian world. Amber has fallen in love for the first time - with Charlie. Whereas they wished Charlie and Sebastian would get along a bit better in the early stages of their relationship, Amber is now starting to worry if Charlie would rather hang out with Sebastian instead of them. A complicated love triangle is formed and quickly escalates. Sebastian and Charlie are in love, leaving Amber no other option than to break up with both of them. Broken-hearted, Amber will have to start searching for themselves again in a world where everything reminds them of Sebastian.
Through a lot of partying and self-destructive behavior, Amber is struggling to get over the break-up. But a new future looms on the horizon, as they slowly start to build a new life. They spend more time with their mom, go on dates and find new relationships. On top of that, during their final meeting at a transgender care clinic, the verdict of a long counseling period will decide if Amber gets the diagnosis confirming their gender identity as non-binary, which would finally qualify them to get a mastectomy.
Always Amber is an intimate portrayal of a generation searching for their identities on new premises. A film about growing up, love and allthe ups and downs that come with it.
