Film Festival in the Panorama Documentary section, stems from Bassetti’s personal experience with the gender transition of his child, Matteo.
“Into My Name” provides an intimate look at the universal challenges of gender transition by observing a tight-knit group of trans friends in the central Italian city of Bologna.Bassetti’s “sensitive and relatable exploration of the many facets of gender and even more so the lovetimely and spotlights voices that need to be heard; Bassetti underlined that for him the doc “is a deeply personal project, both as a parent of ahumanity.
The doc’s characters, Nico, Leo, Andrea and Raff — whose ages span from their mid-20s to mid-30s — come from different parts of Italy, and started their gender transition from a female to a male identity at different times in their lives. Day by day, they boldly face all the obstacles of a binary world. To achieve a fulfilling and dignified life is a matter of survival.and Lucia Nicolai and Marcello Paolillo’s Art of Panic.