Haus of Dragons
2018 / 23 minutes / Turkish with English subtitles
The film depicts a group of young people from the LGBTQ+ club at Boğaziçi University in Istanbul, who live under the repressive norms of the Erdoğan regime. The youth speak intimately about how conservative policies have affected their lives and show that, despite the difficulties in openly expressing their gender and sexual identities, they still fight to live true to themselves, as shown in a spectacular drag show two of the students put on for the film. A romantic refuge is conjured in the struggle for rights and recognition from the rest of Turkish society.
CREDITS
Director: Lotte Nielsen.
Producer: Lotte Nielsen.
Cinematographer: Catherine Pattinama Coleman.
Editor: Mark Bukdahl.
Music: Mathias Dehn Middelhart.
Main Cast: Castor, Florence Delight, Inaniel, Lilith H.B., Maria, Nihan, Schanzel, Stefani, Yesim.
Sponsor: Danish Arts Foundation.
EXHIBITIONS & SCREENINGS
Event: Pogo bar KW Institute of Contemporary Art, Berlin, DE.
Event: Kunsten Summer Lounge, Museum of Modern Art Aalborg, DK.
Solo show: Nikolaj Kunsthal, Copenhagen, DK.
Screening with Q & A: Whitechapel Gallery, London, UK .
Screening with Q & A: Boğaziçi University, Istanbul, TR.
Screening with Q & A: SALT Galata, Istanbul, TR.
Premiere Screening: Kunsthal Charlottenborg, Copenhagen, DK.
Screening: SENSORIUM II – Rendezvous, Video and Performance festival, Aarhus, DK.
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