On February 24, at 6:31am, my partner called me and said “Please don’t panic, but they started bombing Kyiv.” At that moment a new reality started. Reality full of horror and pain.
This documentary is about the experiences of queer people during the war.
Yanush lives two lives: one of a Roma man and the other… is a secret it is time to tell.
Director & Script: Vitalii Havura
Producer: Yevheniia Vidishcheva
With: Petro Rusanienko, Alina Zievakova, Yegor Kuryshchenko, Ksenia Diachenko, Oleksandr Bondaruk
A young transgender girl dreams of becoming a model, and through popularity in social media resists the loneliness that overtakes her. During the trip to her birthplace, she understands what is her true desire.
Director: Olena Siyatovska
Script: Olena Siyatovska, Simon Mozgovy
Producer: Simon Mozgovy
With: Michelle Karas
“Pride Is Not Available in Your Region” describes the life of Ukrainian queer people during the ongoing war against Russia. It shows how we are fighting for our freedom.
Last year, UKRAINEPRIDE NGO held a creative political performance “Reyvakh Pride” disguised as a rave outside the Ukrainian president’s office. The purpose of the event was to draw public attention to the safety of LGBTQIA+ people, the arbitrariness of the police, the lack of investigation into past crimes of radical groups against the community, as well as Kyiv’s electronic scene. “Reyvakh Pride” was supposed to become an annual event.
But the war has changed everything. This year’s “Reyvakh Pride” has literally become “unavailable.” This is because all participants in the event now actively defend Ukraine in the war against Russia. The real stories of these defenders have become the basis of a new social video project launched by UKRAINEPRIDE.
The world has to hear the voices of the Ukrainian LGBTQIA+ community and to know how ruinous this war is for queer people.
An important and timely collection that brings to the big screen stories of the LGBTQ community in Ukraine.
Two films that describe the day to day reality in the country during the war against Russia, a movie that focuses on a young transgender activist and a dramatic comedy about the wedding of a young Roma man facing a fateful decision.
Duration: 75 minutes.
Sanaa has been working as a city guide in Berlin-Wedding for years. But work alone is not enough for her. She is stubborn and trans. Her passion for the migrant men in the neighborhood keeps her really on her toes.
After 15 years, a transgender woman finally has the opportunity to get closer to her son.
While navigating between steamy Grindr hookups and their rideshare passengers, Eli reluctantly alters their queer transmasculine identity to pass in a straight cisgender world for their physical and emotional safety.
Coral, a young trans girl sex worker, wants to buy a dress, but because she doesn’t have enough money decides to accept a client with an erectile dysfunction. However, he will not pay until his needs are satisfied.
Triggered by an old family photograph, a young adult named Azka starts to trace back their childhood – a stage of life when they began learning about the world around them and themselves. While revisiting these long-forgotten memories, Azka discovers unresolved pains they never knew existed. This experience marks the beginning of a journey that unfolds profound self-acceptance.
