Iranian
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Queerguru’s Ris Fatah reviews THIS IS NOT ME the story of the journey of two Iranian trans people
“I don’t want to be free of you. I want you to be free.” cries Shervin Ramezan’s sympathetic father as the family discusses the possibility of 16-year-old Shervin moving abroad to transition to a man in a more hospitable environment than Iran. Saeed Gholipour’s moving documentary, This Is Not Me, follows Shervin and fellow…
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At The End Of Evin (all that glitters ……) an Iranian thriller reviewed by Queerguru’s Ris Fatah
Amen, (Mehri Kazemi) is an Iranian transgender teenager, who has moved to Tehran from a small town, and is looking to transition to a woman. Amen is introduced to Naser, (the very handsome Madhi Pakdel), a wealthy man, who offers to pay for Amen’s gender reassignment surgery. He needs one simple favor in return. Since…
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No Hard Feelings : a queer story of race, belonging and love
When Iranian/German filmmaker Faraz Shariat was 19 years old he imported a security detacher from China and used it to take off the security tags from clothes in department stores. In time he got caught shoplifting and was sentenced to community service which he did by becoming a translator in a refugee shelter. That was…
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Parking : a compelling short LGBTQ film from Iran
Parking is a very rare breed as it is one of the few Iranian LGBTQ movies ever made, This 9 minute short directed by Ahmad Seyfipour is the tale of a burglary that goes wrong. When a man is stealing from a garage he comes across two men having sex on the back seat…
