Greenwich Entertainment Acquires Rights To ‘Who I Am Not,’ Award-Winning Doc About Experience Of Intersex People
EXCLUSIVE: Greenwich Entertainment is adding Who I Am Not to its roster of awards-contending documentaries.
The company has acquired U.S. rights to the film directed by Tünde Skovrán and executive produced by Oscar winner Patricia Arquette, which is shortlisted for the European Film Awards by the European Film Academy. The documentary explores the stories of two intersex people – Sharon-Rose Khumalo, a finalist for Miss South Africa, and Dimakatso Sebidi, a male-presenting intersex activist.
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“In a world unaware of the existence of intersex individuals, Dimakatso survived genital mutilation as a child, while Sharon, a beauty queen, uncovered her hidden male genetics at the age of 21,” according to a release about the film. “As they navigate together the complexities of their identities and challenge deep-rooted societal taboos, their intertwined stories reveal the resilience and beauty of intersex lives hidden in plain sight.”
Greenwich says Who I Am Not will have an awards-qualifying theatrical engagement November 10-16 at Laemmle NoHo in Los Angeles, followed by a broader theatrical release in Spring 2024. The film will make its New York premiere at DOC NYC on Tuesday, November 14 with director Tünde Skovrán and film participant Sharon-Rose Khumalo in-person.
Who I Am Not has screened at more than 50 film festivals around the world, beginning at the Thessaloniki Documentary Festival in Greece where it won the Silver Alexander Award, the Mermaid Award, and the Women in Film & TV Association Award Greece. Its North American premiere came at SXSW Film in March; the film also played at CPH:DOX, Sydney International Film Festival, Frameline, BFI Flare, and Docs Barcelona.
The documentary has won numerous awards including Filmin’s New Talent Award at Docs Barcelona; the Silver Horn Award for High Artistic Merit at the Krakow International Film Festival, the Best Documentary “Being Oneself” award at Doc Edge; the Audience Choice Award at Frameline 47; the Jury Prize for Diversity and Human Rights at Spain’s Zinegoak-Bilbao festival, the Best Feature Documentary Award at Gaze in Dublin, and the Debut Feature of the Year award at Queer Scope Germany.
Andrei Zinca produced the documentary. It is one of two new nonfiction films that explore the experience of intersex people; Julie Cohen’s Every Body premiered in June at the Tribeca Festival.
Greenwich Entertainment’s slate of awards contenders includes Smoke Sauna Sisterhood, directed by Anna Hints, which was just nominated for a Critics’ Choice Documentary Award for Best First Documentary Feature. Greenwich also acquired Pianoforte, Jakub Piatek’s documentary that won the Audience Award at Visions du Réel and was nominated for the Grand Jury Prize for World Cinema Documentary at Sundance.
Among Greenwich’s past releases are NatGeo’s Oscar-winning Free Solo and Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice, directed by Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman.
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