The young people in the film move far beyong the limits for acceptable norms for gender and sexuality in a Russia that, not least since the adaption of the law prohibiting homo propaganda in 2013, has experienced a definite decline in living conditions and basic rights for LGBT+ people. Based on the young people’s own universes of music, lyrics and stories, Lotte Leth Nielsen shows, among others, what it means to stand out from the norm in a society that by force tries to suppress all life forms that do not live up to the conservative, patriarchal values that the government alone wants to promote.
Director: Lotte Leth Nielsen
Producer: Maria Møller Christoffersen & Penelope Bjerregaard
Produced by: Frau film
Supported by: Statens Kunstfond
Type: Short documentary
Year of production: 2021
Festival and awards: CPH:DOX 2021