Before the full-scale invasion, subversive collective Rebel Queers would defy the heteronormative and patriarchal world that so suffocated them by scrawling on the walls of Kyiv: ‘Queer Sex,’ ‘Make Queer Punk Again,’ and ‘Be Queer, Do Crime, Hail Satan,’ among others. An intimate perspective on the Russia-Ukraine war through the eyes of Ukraine’s queer community – who are resisting Russia’s invasion but also fighting for equality within their own society too.
Co-director: Alex King
Editor: Lidia Ravviso
Sound Mix and Original Score: Chen Wissotzky
Lead Translator: Mariia Salan
Translators: Diana Yehorova, Yuliia Nidzelska, Anastasiia Chukhlib, Oleksandra Tsapko, Ash Husakovskyi,
Colour: Lidia Ravviso
Design and Titles: Tertia Nash, Liam Johnstone, Han Nightingale, Emma Balebela, Kay Ogundimu
Producers: Alex King & Angelika Ustymenko
Executive Producer: Andrea Kurland
and more.
Selected screenings:
Thessaloniki International Documentary Festival
BFI Flare
South East European Film Festival Los Angeles
Queer Lisboa
Kyiv Perennial, Berlin
Sunny Bunny LGBTQIA+ Film Festival
Mezipatra Queer Film Festival, Prague
The Slovak Queer Film Festival Inakosti, Bratislava
The International Queer Film Festival Merlinka, Belgrade
Melbourne Queer Film Festival
International Feminist & Queer Festival Red Dawns, Lubljana
Award:
Merlinka Festival
Festival Écrans Mixtes
Link on request
