Who I Am Not
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| Directed by | Tunde Skovran |
| Written by | Tunde Skovran |
| Produced by | Andrei Zinca, Paul Cadieux (co-producer), Patrick Hamm (co-producer) |
| Cinematography | Dániel Szandtner, Felix Striegel, Guillaume Beaudouin |
| Edited by | Marianna Rudas |
| Distributed by | Greenwich Entertainment |
Running time | 103 min |
| Countries | Romania, Canada, South Africa, Germany, USA |
| Languages | English, Sesotho, Sepedi, Xhosa, Sezulu, Tzonga, Tswana |
Who I Am Not is a 2023 documentary film exploring what it means to be intersex in a binary world, directed by Tunde Skovran.[1] It is her directorial debut. The documentary is produced by Andrei Zincã, and the executive producer is Oscars/Emmy/GLAAD Vanguard Award- winner Patricia Arquette.[2][3][4][5][6][7] Greenwich Entertainment acquired rights to the film.[8]
Synopsis
Sharon-Rose Khumalo, a South African beauty queen, plunges into an identity crisis after finding out she is intersex. In her quest to deal with gender dysphoria, she needs the guidance of somebody just like her.
The only person who will help is Dimakatso Sebidi, a masculine presenting intersex activist who turns out to be her complete opposite. The two parallel but divergent stories offer an intimate look at the struggle of living in a male-female world, when you are born in-between.[9][10][7]
Release
Who I am Not made its World Premiere at the 2023 Thessaloniki Documentary Festival where it won the International Competition Silver Alexander Award, followed by its North American premiere at SXSW 2023.[11]
In 2024, POV announced the acquisition of Who I am Not from Executive Producer Patricia Arquette. It is set to debut nationally on PBS during the upcoming 37th season of POV in summer 2024. POV, a renowned non-fiction television series and recipient of multiple Emmy, Peabody, and Academy Award accolades, holds the distinction of being America's longest-running program in this genre.[12][13][14][15]
Response
Who I am Not was included on the list of all the films eligible for the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature that were made available to the Academy’s Documentary Branch in the Academy Screening Room and assigned as required viewing to members of the branch.[16]
Production
Who I am Not is a Double 4 Studios România production, in co-production with Filmoption International (Canada), and in association with South Africa. A recipient of grants from The Breathe Project, Docs Up Fund, and Frameline.[17][18]
Awards
Who I am Not was shortlisted by the European Film Academy for “Best Documentary,” and received SIMA Award for “Best Social Impact Campaign.”[19]
Silver Alexander Award
International Competition, Thessaloniki International Documentary Festival
Mermaid Award Best LGBTQ+ themed film
Thessaloniki International Documentary Festival
Women in Film & TV Association Award Greece to dir. Tünde Skovrán
Thessaloniki International Documentary Festival
Filmin’s New Talent Award
International Competition, DocsBarcelona
Silver Horn Award for High Artistic Value to dir. Tünde Skovrán
International Competition, Krakow Film Festival
Best Documentary “Being Oneself” Category
International Competition, Doc Edge Festival New Zealand
Audience Choice Award Best Feature Documentary 2023
Frameline San Francisco International LGBTQ+ Film Festival
Jury Prize for Diversity and Human Rights
Zinegoak Bilbao International LGBT Film and Performing Arts Festival
Lesbianism and Gender Award- Special Mention
Zinegoak Bilbao International LGBT Film and Performing Arts Festival
Best Feature Documentary Award
GAZE International LGBTQ+ Film Festival
Lili Award for Best Documentary
MIX COPENHAGEN LGBTQ+ Film Festival
Audience Award for Best Film
Pride Pictures Queer Film Festival Karlsruhe
QueerScope Debut Film Award for the Best Queer Movie of the Year
Bremen Queer Film Festival
Audience Award at Wicked Queer
The Boston LGBT Film Festival
Jury Prize for Best Documentary
Image+Nation Montreal LGBTQueer Film Festival
ECHT 2023 Queer Film Award
Braunschweig International Film Festival
“Goldene Perle” for Best Documentary at PERLEN
Queer Film Festival Hannover 2023
Audience Award “Golden Perle 2023”
at PERLEN- Queer Film Festival, Hannover 2023[20][21][22]
Festivals
The film was selected for over 70 festivals worldwide:
United States
SXSW – Documentary Spotlight Section[23]
Doc NYC – US East Coast Tri-States premiere[24]
Seattle Queer Film Festival[26]
Wicked Queer: The Boston LGBT Film Festival[27]
Provincetown International Film Festival[28]
Crested Butte Film Festival
Atlanta Out on Film[29]
Reel Affirmations, Washington DC[30]
United Kingdom
BFI Flare[31] – Centerpiece presentation
Afrika Eye Film Festival[32]
Queer Vision Film Festival[33]
Denmark
Spain
DocsBarcelona[36] – International Competition
Bilbao International LGBT Film Festival[37]
Poland
Krakow Film Festival[38] – International Competition
Romania
Transilvania International Film Festival[39] [40]– Supernova section
For You International Film Festival
Greece
Thessaloniki Documentary Festival – World Premiere
Cine Film Festival Greece
South Korea
Seoul International Pride Film Festival
Hungary
Verzió International Human Rights Documentary Film Festival
New Zealand
Doc Edge Festival –Being Oneself section
Serbia
Beldocs International Documentary Film Festival
Sweden
Cinema Queer International Film Festival
Finland
Helsinki International Film Festival – Love & Anarchy
Israel
TLVFest
Germany
Queer Scope Hamburg –
Perlen – Queer Film Festival Hannover
Pride Pictures: Karlsruhe Queer Film Days
Queer Film Festival Bremen
Queer Film Festival Bremerhaven
Munich International Queer Film Festival (Munchen)
Queer Filmfest Weiterstadt
QueerFilmFest Rostock
Queerfilmfestival Esslingen
Queerstreifen Münster
Braunschweig International Film Festival
B3 Biennial of the Moving Image
Australia
Sydney Film Festival
Melbourne Queer Film Festival
France
Festival de Cinéma de Douarnenez
Chéries-Chéris – Paris LGBTQ+ Film Festival
Les Rencontres de Figra
Ireland
Gaze LGBTQ Film Festival
Galway Film Fleadh
Italy
Gender Bender Festival
Rome Independent Film Festival
Festival dei Popoli – International Documentary Film Festival
Czech Republic
Mezipatra Queer Film Festival
Portugal
Queer Lisboa – International Queer Film Festival
Norway
Oslo/Fusion International Film Festival
China
Hong Kong Lesbian & Gay Film Festival
Switzerland
Everybody’s Perfect – Geneva International Queer Film Festival
Cyprus
Queer Wave – Cyprus LGBTQ+ Film Festival
Moldova
Queer Voices Film Festival
Belgium
Millenium International Documentary Film Festival[41]
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- Documentary films about intersex
- Romanian LGBT-related films
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