First look: Uniglobe Entertainment’s transgender feature ‘5 Weddings’ (exclusive)

Story follows Us journalist in India who investigates a sect of dancers.Vision Films has acquired worldwide rights at the Efm to Uniglobe Entertainment’s transgender feature 5 Weddings at the European Film Market in Berlin.Namrata Singh Gujral directed the story of a Us journalist sent to India to report on Indian weddings.

Conflict arises when she investigates the sect of transgender dancers known as Hijras, only to be blocked by a government liaison officer.Rajkummar Rao of Berlinale 2017 entry Newton also stars Bollywood actress Nargis Fakhri, Candy Clark and Bo Derek.Vision has a Us distribution deal with Sony Pictures Home Entertainment and recently released Planterium starring Natalie Portman and Lily Rose Depp, and Una with Rooney Mara and Ben Mendelson.

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