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Special Thanks

ROBIN KAY

  • “Category: Woman sheds fresh light on how female athletes are defined.”

    — Toronto Star

  • “Category: Woman documentary calls out the human rights violation of defining a woman in sports”

    — Yahoo News

  • “Infuriating and it has an undeniable power of its own”

    — POV Magazine

  • “If you don't know this story, the film is a must”

    — Unseen Films

NOMINEE
TOP 3 FINALIST IN THE WORLD
AIPS Sport Media Awards
Video Documentary
Phyllis Ellis, Proximity Films - Category Woman

NOMINEE
BANFF Rockie Awards
Sports Documentary
Proximity Films, TVO - Category Woman

NOMINEE
Canadian Screen Awards
Donald Brittain Award Social Political Documentary
Phyllis Ellis, Howard Fraiberg - Category Woman

WINNER
Canadian Sport Awards 2023
Social Responsibility
Phyllis Ellis - Category Woman

WINNER
Female Eye Film Festival 2023
Best Canadian Feature Documentary
Category Woman

NOMINEE
DGC Awards 2023
Allan King Award for Excellence in Documentary - Phyllis Ellis - Category Woman

About Category: Woman

When International sport governing bodies rule that ‘identified’ female athletes must medically alter their healthy bodies, under the guise of fair play, four champion runners from the Global South, fight back against racism, the policing of women’s bodies in sport and the violation of their human rights.

Congratulations to the CATEGORY:WOMAN team for being selected as an official 2024 Rockie Awards Nominee in the category of Sports Documentary at the BANFF World Media Festival 👏🏼 #RockieAwards #banffmediafesival @banffmedia
Exciting News ! CATEGORY:WOMAN has been honoured with a nomination by @thecdnacademy for the #cndscreenawards Donald Brittain Award for Best Social / Political Documentary Program. Congrats to Producers Phyllis Ellis and Howard Fraiberg.
Happy #internationalwomensday from all of us at CATEGORY:WOMAN. Let’s applaud the strength, courage and determination of women everywhere as they continue to break barriers and defy stereotypes. ⭐️💪🏼👏🏼
The South African Olympic Committee has invited Filmmaker, Phyllis Ellis to present a screening of CATEGORY:WOMAN at their Gender Advancement Conference on Feb 9. Followed by a Q&A with Dr. Payoshni Mitra, Caster Semenya, and Phyllis Ellis. Lear
What an incredibly enriching experience at the Council of Europe screening and discussion of CATEGORY:WOMAN @councilofeurope #humanrights #sport #women #womeninsport
Saying goodbye to Geneva. The Sporting Chance Forum highlighted so many amazing speakers and activists like, Caster Semenya, Stan Grant, Marjorie Guillaume, Keith Joseph, Azeem Rafiq, Khalida Popal, Kat Craig and many more ! ⭐️ And of course, the scr
“All women’s bodies in sport are policed”. Dr Payoshni Mitra’s keynote at Sporting Chance Forum 2023 @unitednations @unitednationshumanrights @sportandrights