Who I Am Not Explained

Director:Tunde Skovran
Producer:Andrei Zinca, Paul Cadieux (co-producer), Patrick Hamm (co-producer),Patricia Arquette
Cinematography:Dániel Szandtner, Felix Striegel, Guillaume Beaudouin
Editing:Marianna Rudas
Distributor:Greenwich Entertainment
Runtime:103 min
Country:Romania, Canada, South Africa, Germany, USA
Language: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] Greenwich Entertainment acquired rights to the film.[4]

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.[5]

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.[6] [7]

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 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.[8] [9]

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.[10]

Awards

Who I am Not was shortlisted by the European Film Academy for “Best Documentary". It was internationally recognized by a range of prestigious awards. In 2024, it received the SIMA Award for “Best Social Impact Campaign”. The annual SIMA Awards celebrate outstanding achievements in social impact storytelling, selected from over 140 countries.[11]

Festivals

The film was selected for over 70 festivals worldwide:

United States

SXSW – Documentary Spotlight Section[12] [13]

Doc NYC – US East Coast Tri-States premiere[14]

Frameline[15]

Seattle Queer Film Festival[16]

Wicked Queer: The Boston LGBT Film Festival[17]

Provincetown International Film Festival[18]

Crested Butte Film Festival

Atlanta Out on Film[19]

Reel Affirmations, Washington DC[20]

United Kingdom

BFI Flare[21] – Centerpiece presentation

Afrika Eye Film Festival[22]

Queer Vision Film Festival[23]

Denmark

CPH:DOX[24]

MIX Copenhagen[25]

Spain

DocsBarcelona[26] – International Competition

Bilbao International LGBT Film Festival[27]

Poland

Krakow Film Festival[28] – International Competition

Romania

Transilvania International Film Festival[29] [30] – 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[31]

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[32]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Vourlias . Christopher . 2023-03-14 . 'We Are One': Uplifting Documentary 'Who I Am Not' Offers Painful, Hopeful, Heartfelt Celebration of Intersex Life in a Binary World . 2023-11-17 . Variety . en-US.
  2. Web site: Carey . Matthew . 2023-03-11 . 'Who I Am Not' Explores Lives Of Intersex People: It's About "Who We Are As Human Beings" – SXSW Studio . 2023-11-17 . Deadline . en-US.
  3. Web site: Vourlias . Christopher . 2023-03-14 . 'We Are One': Uplifting Documentary 'Who I Am Not' Offers Painful, Hopeful, Heartfelt Celebration of Intersex Life in a Binary World . 2023-11-14 . Variety . en-US.
  4. Web site: Carey . Matthew . 2023-10-25 . Greenwich Entertainment Acquires Rights To 'Who I Am Not,' Award-Winning Doc About Experience Of Intersex People . 2023-11-18 . Deadline . en-US.
  5. Web site: 2023-11-10 . Who I Am Not - Rotten Tomatoes . 2023-11-18 . www.rottentomatoes.com . en.
  6. Web site: Petkovic . Vladan . 2023-03-14 . Review: Who I Am Not . 2023-11-17 . . en.
  7. Web site: Wilkinson . Amber . 2023 . 'Who I Am Not': Thessaloniki Review . 2024-02-08 . Screen . en.
  8. Web site: POV Acquires Who I am Not, a Thoughtful Documentary About What it Means to be Intersex in a Binary World, Will Debut as Part of POV’s 37th Season Launching Summer 2024 American Documentary . 2024-05-12 . www.amdoc.org . en.
  9. Web site: Carey . Matthew . 2024-02-15 . POV Acquires ‘Who I Am Not’ Documentary On Intersex Experience From Executive Producer Patricia Arquette . 2024-05-12 . Deadline . en-US.
  10. Web site: POV Acquires Who I am Not, a Thoughtful Documentary About What it Means to be Intersex in a Binary World, Will Debut as Part of POV’s 37th Season Launching Summer 2024 American Documentary . 2024-05-12 . www.amdoc.org . en.
  11. Web site: POV Acquires Who I am Not, a Thoughtful Documentary About What it Means to be Intersex in a Binary World, Will Debut as Part of POV’s 37th Season Launching Summer 2024 American Documentary . 2024-05-12 . www.amdoc.org . en.
  12. Web site: Who I Am Not . 2024-05-12 . SXSW 2024 Schedule . en.
  13. Web site: Whittemore . Liz . 2023-03-12 . SXSW 2023 documentary review: 'WHO I AM NOT' is an eye-opening lesson on humanity and identity. . 2023-11-17 . Reel News Daily . en-US.
  14. Web site: WHO I AM NOT . 2024-05-12 . DOC NYC . en-US.
  15. Web site: Who I Am Not: Frameline 2022/23 Completion Fund Spotlight . 2024-05-12 . Frameline . en.
  16. Web site: Who I Am Not . 2024-05-12 . Three Dollar Bill Cinema . en-US.
  17. Web site: Wicked Queer Who I Am Not . 2024-05-12 . www.wickedqueer.org . en.
  18. Web site: Cinema . Waters Edge . 2023-05-09 . Provincetown International Film Festival Announces Lineup: Bruce LaBruce, Billy Porter, Julio Torres and Megan Stalter Named Honorees . 2024-05-12 . Provincetown Film . en-US.
  19. Web site: Out On Film . 2024-05-12 . Out On Film . en-US.
  20. https://thedccenter.org/reelaffirmations/
  21. Web site: Who I Am Not - BFI Flare Review Film Reviews . 2024-05-12 . UK Film Review . en.
  22. Web site: Afrika Eye Festival . 2024-05-12 . Visit Bristol . en-GB.
  23. Web site: Queer Vision Film Festival . 2024-05-12 . Bristol Pride . en.
  24. Web site: Who I Am Not A film by Tunde Skovran . 2024-05-12 . Filmoption International . fr-FR.
  25. Web site: Who I Am Not . 2024-05-12 . MIX CPH LGBTQ+ Film Festival . en-GB.
  26. Web site: Who I Am Not . 2024-05-12 . DocsBarcelona . en.
  27. Web site: zinegoak FESTIVAL . 2024-05-12 . en.
  28. Web site: I Am Not - Film of 62th KFF . 2024-05-12 . Krakow Film Festival . en-US.
  29. Web site: Who I Am Not (2023) Awards & Festivals . 2024-05-12 . mubi.com.
  30. Web site: Transilvania International Film Festival 2023 . 2024-05-12 . MUBI . en.
  31. Web site: Who I Am Not . 2023-11-17 . Sydney Film Festival . en.
  32. Web site: Who I Am Not (2023) Awards & Festivals . 2024-05-12 . mubi.com.

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