All the same shit with added fun: prejudice, language barriers and culture shock. Or familial love; gay uncles coming through with old gay shit you need to know or fathers saying f*ck the neighbours and whoever else is stopping their baby from being happy. But against all the odds it’s self-love that is beautiful to see in any diaspora.

Shame (عيب) | dir. Hadi Moussally | Lebanon 2024 | 4′
Never Stop Shouting | dir. Abdellah Taïa | France, Morocco 2023 | 10′
Freedom of Movement | dir. Fadl Fakhouri | Palestine, USA 2024 | 23′
Queer Exile | dir. Ahmed Awadalla | Germany 2024 | 10′
Everything is Easy, Everything is Hard | dir. Pamela C. Saade | France, Lebanon 2023 | 6′
Breaking Through | dir. Siham Bel | France 2023 | 28′

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