Being Impossible

Being Impossible
Directed byPatricia Ortega
Written byPatricia Ortega, Enmanuel Chávez
StarringLucía Bedoya
María Elena Duque
Belkis Alvillares
CinematographyMateo Guzmán
Edited byMauricio Vergara
Music byÁlvaro Morales
Distributed byMedia Luna
Release date
Running time
97 minutes
CountriesVenezuela
Colombia
LanguageSpanish

Being Impossible (Spanish: Yo, imposible) is a 2018 drama film co-written and directed by Patricia Ortega. It features an intersex main character played by Colombian actress Lucía Bedoya, who has been widely praised for her performance.

The film has been shown internationally at many festivals, and won several awards, including six at the Venezuelan Film Festival. Despite suffering many production setbacks due to the Crisis in Venezuela, the film was released in various countries between 2018 and 2020. The film has been critically reviewed, with a mixed response, and analyzed in depth by film and intersex issue writers. It was selected as the Venezuelan entry for the Best International Feature Film at the 92nd Academy Awards, but it was not nominated.