Variety Reviews "What Will I Become?": A Debut Documentary on Transmasculine Suicide

Variety has published its review of What Will I Become?, a debut feature documentary co-directed by Lexie Bean and Logan Rozos that addresses the crisis of transmasculine suicide (Variety). The review landed on 18 August 2026, six months after the film premiered at the Berlinale in February and went on to screen at the BlackStar festival.

The documentary centres on two young trans men, Blake Brockington and Kyler Prescott, both lost to suicide. In 2014, Brockington ran for and won the Prom King title at his North Carolina high school — a milestone that drew severe transphobic abuse, both online and in person, according to the same Variety review. The film intertwines the stories of Brockington and Prescott with the broader trans masculine+ community, exploring the vulnerability that surrounds young trans men in particular (Berlinale programme page).

What Will I Become? carries the label of a personal project. ITVS — the Independent Television Service, a body that funds and supports independent non-fiction film in the United States — lists the documentary on its slate, with Bean, Rozos, and Drew Dickler credited as producers (ITVS). The ITVS page also notes that the film is the debut feature for both co-directors and is inspired by their lived experience. The project's official Instagram account describes it as "A documentary on trans boys, mental health, & imagining a way forward" (Instagram).

The Berlinale run was not just a premiere but an award-winning one. Variety reported that the film received the Heiner Carow Prize at the Berlin Film Festival, a recognition named for the late East German director and given to a film in the Berlinale's Panorama section (Variety). The Berlinale's own programme page for 2026 lists the film and provides a biography and filmography for Rozos as of the festival.

What gives the documentary its weight is the specificity of its subjects. Brockington's Prom King win was a nationally reported story in the United States; the harassment that followed turned a moment of celebration into something far darker. By folding Prescott's story alongside Brockington's and grounding both in community testimony, the film frames individual loss within a wider pattern rather than treating either death as an isolated event.

For Rozos, the Berlinale recognition and the Variety review arrive at an early stage in a career still taking shape. He is also attached to Half-Naked, a film currently in production, according to its official Instagram account (Instagram). Publicity for What Will I Become? is handled by Shore Fire Media, which maintains a press page featuring releases, photos, and news clippings for the documentary (Shore Fire Media).

The Variety review on 18 August is the most recent milestone for a film that has been moving through the festival circuit since winter. Whether broader distribution follows has not been announced.