MPM Premium Snags Sales Rights to Colombian Doc ‘Transfariana,’ Drops Trailer Ahead of its Berlinale World Premiere (EXCLUSIVE)

Paris-based MPM Premium has snagged the international sales rights to French-Colombian documentary “Transfariana” ahead of its world premiere in the Berlinale’s Panorama section. The documentary, by French director-cinematographer Joris Lachaise, explores the unusual collaboration between the since-disbanded Colombian guerrilla group FARC and the trans activist movement in Colombia that led to changes in local laws. A TV version running 1.5 hours was acquired by European culture TV channel, Arte. In a trailer bowing exclusively in Variety, it opens with Jaison Murillo introducing himself as a political prisoner and FARC guerrilla member. He relates how Trans Laura was transferred to his… Read Full Article