Skies Are Not Just Blue

Skies Are Not Just Blue is a Canadian short documentary film, directed by Lysandre Cosse-Tremblay and released in 2018.[1] The film profiles four young Muslim Canadians who identify as LGBTQ, and depicts how they navigate holding dual identities that are commonly perceived to be in irreconcilable conflict.[2]

Skies Are Not Just Blue
Film poster
Directed byLysandre Cosse-Tremblay
Written byLysandre Cosse-Tremblay
StarringYara
Monib
Tariq
A.
CinematographyLaurence Blais
Edited byMélina Lemaire
Music byÉmile Poulin
Production
company
Distributed bySpira
Release date
  • October 9, 2018 (2018-10-09) (FNC)
Running time
25 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguagesEnglish
Arabic
Persian

The film premiered at the 2018 Festival du nouveau cinéma, where it received an honorable mention from the jury for the Best Canadian Student Film award.[3] It was subsequently screened at the 2019 Inside Out Film and Video Festival, where Cosse-Tremblay won the award for Emerging Canadian Artist.[4] The film was also entered into the Iris Prize competition in 2019.[5]

References


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.