Gonella Productions

LANGUAGE: Arabic | SUBTITLES: English

Genre: Documentary - Animation
Running Time: 10
Year of production: 2022

SYNOPSIS

The story of Nidhal, a young Tunisian homosexual who was an advocate for queer people's rights and freedoms on the radio, and after unsustainable pressures and death threats, had to seek asylum in the Netherlands.

PRODUCTION AND DISTRIBUTION

Production Company: Leyth production – Program We doc by Doc house and Mawjoudin organization
Film exports/World sales: Gonella Productions

CAST

Nidhal Zidi

MAIN CREDITS

Director: Bassem Ben Brahim
Screenwriter: Bassem Ben Brahim
Producer: Nada Mezni Hfaiedh
Director of Photography: Bassem Ben Brahim
Sound: Saber Gueblaoui
Animation : Ala Eddine Jelassi
Editing: Bassem Ben Brahim
Sound Editing: Saber Gueblaoui
Music Composer: Music without copyright

TECHNICAL DETAILS

Genre: Documentary
Sub-genre: LGBTQ
Language: Arabic
Country of origin: Tunisia
Year of production: 2022
Total running time: 10min
Shooting format: Full HD
Color type: Color/Black and White
Aspect ratio: 16/9
Sound format: Stereo

AWARDS

Best short documentary Merced Queer Film Festival – California USA
Social Imapact Award – Tiete Film Awards- Sao Paulo Brazil

FESTIVAL SELECTIONS

• Reeling: The Chicago LGBTQ+ International Film Festival
• Arab Film Festival – Michigan United States
• Lovers Film Festival -Torino Italy
• Queer and migrant film festival - Amsterdam Netherlands
• Vancouver Queer Film Festival - Vancouver Canada
• Animaphix Film Festival - Italy
• L'Afrique Fait Son Cinéma – Paris France
• Image+nation35 – Montreal Canada
• PrideArts Summer Film Fest – Chicago United States
• Reel Out Charlotte Film Festival – Charlotte United States
• River Film Festival RIFF – Padua Italy
• KASHISH Mumbai International Queer Film Festival - Mumbai India
• DFM Durban FilmMart - South Africa
• Transition International Queer & Minorities Film Festival - Venice Italy
• Merced Queer Film FestivalMerced – California United States (Best Queer Documentary)
• Fringe queer film & arts fest - Landon United Kingdom
• The Fargo-Moorhead LGBT Film Festival - United States
• QueerX music film culture - United States
• Bucharest Feminist Film Festival Romania
• Merlinka Festival - Belgrade Serbia
• Cinema Queer International Film Festival – Stockholm Suède