Who I Am Not is a 2023 documentary film exploring what it means to be intersex in a binary world, directed by Tunde Skovran. It is her directorial debut. The documentary is produced by Andrei Zincã, and with executive producer Patricia Arquette. Greenwich Entertainment acquired rights to the film.
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.
In 2024, POV announced the acquisition of Who I am Not from Executive Producer Patricia Arquette.
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.
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.
Festivals The film was selected for over 70 festivals worldwide:
United States SXSW – Documentary Spotlight Section
Doc NYC – US East Coast Tri-States premiere
Frameline
Seattle Queer Film Festival
Wicked Queer: The Boston LGBT Film Festival
Provincetown International Film Festival
Crested Butte Film Festival
Atlanta Out on Film
Reel Affirmations, Washington DC
United Kingdom BFI Flare – Centerpiece presentation
Afrika Eye Film Festival
Queer Vision Film Festival
Denmark CPH:DOX
MIX Copenhagen
Spain DocsBarcelona – International Competition
Bilbao International LGBT Film Festival
Poland Krakow Film Festival – International Competition
Romania Transilvania International Film Festival– 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
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