Cinephil Takes World Sales on Elliot Page-Supported Transgender-Themed Doc ‘Into My Name’ (EXCLUSIVE)

Tel-Aviv-based Cinephil, the gross sales firm behind triple-Oscar nominated “Flee,” has snapped up world rights, excluding U.S., to Italian director Nicolò Bassetti’s transgender-themed doc “Into My Title,” which is executive-produced by Elliot Web page.

UTA Unbiased Movie Group can be dealing with North American rights. 

The buzzy doc, which world-premieres on the Berlin Movie Competition within the Panorama Documentary part, stems from Bassetti’s private expertise with the gender transition of his youngster, Matteo.

“Into My Title” gives an intimate take a look at the common challenges of gender transition by observing a tight-knit group of trans pals within the central Italian metropolis of Bologna.

Cinephil managing director Olivier Tournaud in a press release stated that he was “instantly taken” by Bassetti’s “delicate and relatable exploration of the numerous aspects of gender and much more so the love letter from a father to his son.”

“Into My Title is well timed and spotlights voices that must be heard; that is precisely the sort of movie Cinephil is proud to signify,” Tournaud famous.

Bassetti underlined that for him the doc “is a deeply private mission, each as a guardian of a transgender son and as a director who has at all times explored particular person paths that present our shared humanity.”

“I belief that along with a powerful associate corresponding to Cinephil, we will add to the notice and understanding of trans points with worldwide audiences,” the director stated.

The doc’s characters, Nico, Leo, Andrea and Raff — whose ages span from their mid-20s to mid-30s — come from totally different components of Italy, and began their gender transition from a feminine to a male id at totally different occasions of their lives. Daily, they boldly face all of the obstacles of a binary world. To attain a satisfying and dignified life is a matter of survival.

“Into My Title” is produced by Nicolò Bassetti and Gaia Morrione’s Nuovi Paesaggi Urbani and Lucia Nicolai and Marcello Paolillo’s Artwork of Panic. The movie’s government producers are actor and activist Elliot Web page and Gaia Morrione. The doc was supported by the Regione Emilia Romagna movie manufacturing fund.

Elliot Web page is represented by UTA, VIE Leisure, ID Public Relations, and Morris Yorn Barnes Levine Krintzman Rubenstein Kohner & Gellman.