Ecuadorian Queer Drama ‘Princess’ Swooped On by MMM Film Sales Ahead of Tallinn

Ecuadorian Queer Drama ‘Princess’ Swooped On by MMM Film Sales Ahead of Tallinn hakkında magazin dünyasında yaşanan en son ayrıntılar ve sıcak gelişmeler netleşti. Oct 26, 2026 5:07am PT Ecuadorian Queer Drama ‘Princess’ Swooped On by MMM Film Sales Ahead of Tallinn Director Christian Rojas discusses his debut feature, which follows an Indigenous girl from the Andes struggling with her gender identity in a conservative community By Ed Meza Plus Icon Ed Meza @edmezavar Latest ‘Dance of the Souls,’ Unspooling at Morelia, Explores Oaxaca’s Muerteadas, Celebrating the End and the Beginning 3 days ago Netflix Joins New Edition of Santiago-Guadalajara Queer Incubator 6 days ago Pathé Unveils Sofia Coppola’s ‘Marie Antoinette’ 4K Restoration as Sophie and Jérôme Seydoux Are Feted in Lyon 1 week ago See All Add us as a Google Preferred Source Comments Paris-based MMM Film Sales has acquired international rights to Ecuadorian filmmaker Christian Rojas’ debut feature “Princess” (“Ñusta”) ahead of its world premiere at the Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival (PÖFF). “Princess,” which screens in the fest’s First Feature Competition, follows Kallpa, a 12-year-old Indigenous girl from the Andes as she prepares for her community’s festivities, where the ñusta — or princess — is chosen each year.

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Kallpa dreams of participating but faces a reality: She was born in a boy’s body. Related Stories Prime Video’s ‘Marília Mendonça – Sentimento Louco’ Offers Unparalleled Access to Brazil’s Most Popular Singer Five Years After Tragic Plane Crash Amazon Viking Drama ‘Bloodaxe’ Sets Release Date, Debuts Fierce New Trailer at New York Comic Con The story explores her search for identity and her gender transition, which are deeply intertwined with her Indigenous roots, her community, and the Andean worldview.

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Popular on Variety The film’s “sensory, singular approach to storytelling floored us from the first frames,” says Matthias Angoulvant of MMM Film Sales. “Through the eyes and body of an Indigenous child fighting to exist beyond the identity and role imposed on them, the film renders an intimate pain with extraordinary restraint.

A bold, deeply moving queer debut, it embodies the daring cinema we champion at MMM.” “Princess” is produced by Ecuador ’s Epopeya and Oso Rojo Films in co-production with Agua Florida (Peru); Hain Cine (Argentina); Woo Films (Mexico); and Chao Pescao (Bolivia). “For us, more than a business deal, partnering with MMM Film Sales was a meeting of perspectives,” said producer María de los Angeles Palacios of Epopeya.

“‘Ñusta’ is a delicate film; it speaks from a place of intimacy, from the body and from a memory that has been silenced.” She added: “A film like this can’t be taken to market just any way. What makes the difference is that the MMM team understands its gaze and, drawing on their experience, knows how to move it through the international market without stripping away its sensitivity.

For a debut feature, having that kind of support matters as much as the visibility itself. “We always believed the film would find the perfect place to be seen for the first time, and if we’re honest, Tallinn was the one we were hoping for.

This year the festival turns 30: It was born in 1997, the same year in which ‘Ñusta’ is set. That coincidence holds a very special meaning for us.

That a film shot in the Austro, in Ecuador’s southern Andes, is having its world premiere in Estonia, on the other side of the world, feels both deeply beautiful and paradoxical.” Palacios noted that international interest in Indigenous stories has been growing for years, “and we welcome it. What we hope is that it keeps opening

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