Who I Am Not

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 the executive producer is Oscars,Emmy,GLAAD Vanguard Award- winner Patricia Arquette. Greenwich Entertainment acquired rights to the film.

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.

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. 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.

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