Azerbaijani feature-length film about LGBTQI+ premiered in Baku

Azerbaijani feature-length movie about LGBTQI+

The screening of the primary native function movie devoted to LGBTQI+ issues occurred in Baku. The movie premiered on the Worldwide Day Towards Biphobia, Homophobia, and Transphobia.

The JAMnews correspondent met with the filmmakers and requested in regards to the technique of its creation.

The premiere of The Solar on My Physique function movie inside the framework of the Minority Azerbaijan venture occurred on Might 17 – the Worldwide Day towards Biphobia, Homophobia and Transphobia.

The director and screenwriter of the movie is a trans girl Mirai Deniz Ismail, the cameraman is Nigar Safarova. The screening of the movie was supported by Baku Group House and the British Embassy in Azerbaijan.

The movie offers with the destiny of a lesbian couple, a trans girl eager for the thrill of household life, and a homosexual man who just isn’t getting alongside along with his associate. All through the movie, the viewers empathizes with the characters making completely different selections amid the difficulties they need to face.

In accordance with the director and screenwriter of the movie, Miraya Deniz, she has lengthy needed to create one thing that sheds gentle on the queer society in Azerbaijan:

“I interviewed queers, wrote about them. However that wasn’t sufficient. I assumed that I used to be finding out to be a director and there was virtually no function movie in regards to the LGBTQI+ neighborhood in Azerbaijan. There are quick movies, and I made a decision to shoot a full-length function movie.

I don’t actually like that in lots of LGBTQI+ themed movies around the globe, a lot of the actors are literally cis-hetero [heterosexuals – JAMnews]. In our world, the scenario just isn’t such that the position of a cis-hetero individual is performed by a queer. For instance, trans ladies virtually by no means play the position of cis-hetero. In that case, why ought to a trans girl be performed by a cis-hetero?! If the situations for all are equal, this should be thought-about”.

It was fascinating that the position of a trans girl was performed by one of many queers. I bought my group collectively to make a queer movie. The entire course of took a number of months. On this movie, I’m each a director, and a screenwriter, answerable for technical work, and even a number one girl. I performed Rita. I’m glad we made this film. I’m particularly glad that the premiere of the movie coincided with such a big day”.

Minority Azərbaycan coordinator Gulnara Mehdiyeva emphasizes that Azerbaijan ranks final within the ILGA Europe rating for LGBTQI+ rights. The nation has been holding this unenviable place for a number of years now.

“Minority Azərbaycan goals to organize supplies on LGBTQI+ in all codecs. We consider that we will convey our concepts higher within the type of visible artwork”, Mehdieva says.

In accordance with her, Might 17 is well known yearly internationally:

“In Azerbaijan, the queer society is commonly subjected to violence, hate crimes, murders. Of the latter, the homicide of Avaz Hafizli on the idea of hatred will be famous, on the identical time there are public requires reprisals towards representatives of the queer society, all this stays unpunished. In numerous hospitals, medical doctors refuse to simply accept LGBTQI+ sufferers for remedy. And all this goes on and on. This occurred final 12 months and continues this 12 months…

And we consider that it’s essential to help the queer society, use completely different platforms in order that they’ll convey their phrases to others. It is very important do that with the assistance of music, movies, and many others”.

The performer of one of many roles within the movie, Fargana Abdullah, says that when she acquired a proposal to star within the movie, she had some doubts:

“However after we began speaking in regards to the concept and the roles, I preferred it, as a result of. within the movie, I play myself, there is no such thing as a must enter into some type of another person’s picture. It was not international to me.

It was unusual to take a look at myself from the surface. There have been no issues throughout filming. And from the surface, after I watched the movie, it was as if I used to be taking a look at myself. That is my position in life. To advise somebody about one thing, to clarify one thing to folks.

Nice expertise and unusual emotions. I believe that if we had the chance to shoot the movie longer, it could have been much more efficient. On this case, there could be extra time for technical subtleties. I solely remorse this. And if there was much more price range, extra folks would be capable of get acquainted with our work”.