Mr. Gay Syria

Mr. Gay Syria

20th TDF: Greek premiere

The international beauty contest “Mr. Gay World” promises two gay Syrian refugees in Istanbul an escape from their trapped lives and an answer to invisibility. A well hidden view of the refugee crisis, a story about staying alive and turning the sadness and traces of physical and verbal violence into a resistance tool and a celebration of life.

Screening Schedule

No physical screenings scheduled.


Direction: Ayşe Toprak
Script: Ayşe Toprak
Cinematography: Hajo Schomerus, Anne Misselwitz
Editing: Nadia Ben Rachid
Sound: Vincent Rozenberg, Gabriel Mathé,
Music: Zeid Hamdan
Production: Les Films d’Antoine, Coin Film, Toprak Film
Producers: Antoine Simkine, Ekin Çalışır, Christine Kiauk, Herbert Schwering
Format: DCP
Color: Color
Production Country: France, Germany, Turkey
Production Year: 2017
Duration: 87'
Contact: Taskovski Films, sales@taskovskifilms.com
Awards/Distinctions: Special Jury Mention – Lovers Film Festival Torino 2017 Best Documentary – Chicago IFF 2017 Human Rights Award – Sarajevo FF 2017

Ayşe Toprak

Filmography

2012 Don’t Tell Us Fairytales (short)
2013 Land Ties (short)
2013 Schools On The Edge (short)
2014 The Cover Story (short)
2014 Another Spring In Iraq (short)
2017 Mr. Gay Syria