28/01/2014 - The new 2.0 international distribution platform will launch the dramatic documentary by Belgian Roel Nollet on women seeking their own sexual identity in vain

Nathan - Free As a Bird del regista belga Roel Nollet

Born in January of last year, Coccinelle Film Sales, the new 2.0 distribution platform for television products from all over the world will have its debut on the international stage at this year’s Berlin Film Festival. Headed by Francesca Breccia, formerly the editorial coordinator for Sky Cinema Italy and channel manager at MGM Channel, the new company will be presenting documentary Nathan - Free As a Bird in Berlin by Belgian director Roel Nollet. It will take part in the "Meet the distributors" panel, organised by the European documentary Network (EDN).

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In Nathan - Free As a Bird, defined by Breccia as “a dramatic diary live on screen,” Nollet and his camera follow Nancy, a 41-year-old Belgian woman, for three years. The camera follows her discomforts and pains, her hope for serenity and love as she battles to break through a truth within her: that she is a man. After three years of painful and dramatic surgeries, Nancy, who has now become Nathan, thinks he has succeeded. But still, peace is not reached. He will continue to feel deprived of his true identity up until all hope is lost and he decides to completely get rid of his stranger’s body. The days that precede euthanasia seem to be among the most serene Nathan has had. Friends, family and doctors will all try to change his mind to no avail. All they will be able to do is accompany him towards this last step - that step that will finally enable him to feel "free as a bird".

Coccinelle Film Sales is in charge of documentary sales for television internationally and in Italy. Its services are directed at independent directors and producers who want to sell their own products on the international market in a completely different way, but containing costs thanks to opportunities offered up online. Coccinelle is also the representative of international catalogues for television sales in Italy. To consult the documentary catalogue, press here. For films and television series, click here. 

(Translated from Italian)