Ris Fatah
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Queerguru’s Ris Fatah reviews BRINGING HIM BACK a new queer Spanish psycho-drama streaming online
Bringing Him Back is an intense yet gentle psycho-drama about family, set in the Spanish countryside outside Barcelona. Following his mother’s death, Moi (Ricardo Gomez) travels with his boyfriend, post-grad student Biel (Eneko Sagardoy), back to his mother’s rural house. His sister Mia (Bruna Cusi) has already returned to the house and the three…
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Queerguru’s Ris Fatah reviews COALESCE a realistic look at contemporary life for the young in today’s Cambodia
Cambodia is a very fast developing country in total mutation. After the devastating civil war in the 1970s, Cambodia – located between Thailand and Vietnam – has now experienced rapid and sustained economic growth for 20 years (more than 7% pa on average since 2000). This growth mainly benefits urban areas, causing an exodus…
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Queerguru’s Ris Fatah reviews HIPBEAT: the story of a political activist looking for love in queer Berlin
Berlin has been a haven and mecca for queers from all over the world for over 100 years now. By 1925 there were already over 80 LGBTQ+ venues in the city although many closed during the years of Nazi rule. Post 1945 however Berlin regained its queer crown. Samuel Kay Forrest’s coming-of-age drama Hipbeat…
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Queerguru’s Ris Fatah reviews FRAMELINE VOICES a collection of queer shorts curated by Frameline Fest
Frameline Voices is a curated program of short films that forms part of San Francisco’s annual International LGBTQ+ Film Festival, the largest such film festival in the world. This year’s shortlist for distribution includes the following seven fresh and innovative short films, all of which are so worth watching. THE ROGERS Directors. …
