Tünde Skovran

Who I Am Not

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Who I Am Not

Tünde Skovran

2023

105 min.

Romania and Canada

Sotho and English

Subtitles: Catalan and English

What makes someone a man or a woman? Who decides where the line is? Two intersex people in South Africa struggle to make their difference visible.

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Direction

Tünde Skovran

Executive Production

Double 4 Studios Romania, Filmoption International

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Direction

Tünde Skovran

Executive Production

Double 4 Studios Romania, Filmoption International

Synopsis

What makes someone a man or a woman? Who decides where the line is between one gender and the other? Is this line really important? Sharon-Rose Khumalo, a South African queen, enters an identity crisis when she learns that she was born with male genetics and is an intersex person. Khumalo comes into contact with Dimakatso Sebidi, an intersex activist who presents as a man. Both undertake the adventure of opening up to themselves and to the world through the camera, to expose with intimacy and honesty, the struggle to make visible and dignify the difference of people who were born neither male nor female in a world organized on the basis of gender binarism. A mindful and empathetic look at a community that represents 2% of the world's population. Q&A

About the direction

Tünde Skovran

Directora

Tunde Skovran was born in Transylvania, Romania. After graduating in 2005 from Babes Bolyai Universi...

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Awards and festivals

Thessaloniki Documentary Festival

Grècia, 2023

SXSW

Estats Units, 2023

BFI Flare

Regne Unit, 2023

Frameline

Estats Units, 2023

CPH:DOX

Dinamarca, 2023

Tünde Skovran

Who I Am Not

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Reviews

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'Who I Am Not' is an emotional film that humanizes the experiences of Sharon-Rose and Dimakatso, and makes them both relatable.
— Jules Cabot · AIPT

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This film is vibrantly unique and does not adopt a traditional documentary format. Tünde Skovrán’s direction is artistic and arguably experimental in feel, as the camera lingers on bodies and aesthetics to tell two different stories that share a common thread.
— Amber Jackson · UK Film Review

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The film is peppered with impressionistic, elegantly executed symbolic scenes, such as a wasp stuck in a droplet of water, or an exquisite dream-like sequence with Sharon-Rose
— Vladan Petkovic · CineEuropa

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