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 all the ups and downs that come with it.