“…the film handles serious subjects with humor, playfulness and irresistibly defiant individuality” - Jury Statement RIDM
A young Lebanese filmmaker who shares a Beirut apartment with his mother and pet dog sets about reconstructing his identity by renovating his bedroom. But as the male construction workers come and go in the embattled household, new questions, old arguments and unexpected passions get stirred…
Grand Prize International Feature Documentary - RIDM (Montreal)
Best Film in Documentary Competition - Queer Lisboa
Jury Award Winner - Hamburg International Queer Film Festival
Alfilm Berlin - Cairo Cinema Days - Doc/Fest Sheffield - Frameline 42 - Gabes Film Festival - RIDM (International Documentary Feature Competition) - Thessaloniki Documentary Festival
Documentary Campus Mena - Ismailia Co-Production Platform - “Lebanon Goes To Cannes” - Leipzig Networking Days - Malmo Doc Post-Production Platform - Medimed Doc Market
Arab Fund for Arts & Culture (AFAC) - Screen Institute Beirut (SIB)
ccam production
Year of production: 2017
Duration: 77 mins
Language: Arabic, French and Spanish
Available Subtitles: English | French
Distribution: Linked (North America), ccam (MENA), Pascale Ramonda (ROW)