Between Revolutions
Ruben Desiere, 2027
Jack and Leila are part of a group of activists in Berlin who are strongly committed to the pro-Palestinian movement. As the space for protest narrows, they face surveillance, censorship, police violence and are threatened with deportation. In this climate, they are working on a stage performance based on Larry Mitchell’s The Faggots and Their Friends Between Revolutions, a queer utopian manifesto in the form of a fable. As rehearsals progress, the text from the seventies increasingly blurs with their own reality.
with Kasz Wlaszczyk, Nomi Sladko, Prudence Dippah-Dina, Seba Stolarczyk, Hala Al Shihabi, Thistle Kosmonin, Nujum Mahameed
a film by Ruben Desiere
produced by Elisa Heene
co-produced by Marguerite de Saint André, Ruben Desiere, Noortje Wilschut, Floor Onrust
on-set producer Anna Eva Heene
casting and production assistants Kasz Wlaszczyk, Nomi Sladko
assistant director Kumail Syed
sound Léa Berghe
editing Olivia Rochette, Dieter Diependaele
original music Valentina Magaletti
sound editing Sabrina Calmels
sound mixing Thomas Gauder
colour grading Remi Lindenhovius
graphic design Casier/Fieuws
produced by Mirage
a co-production with Accattone Films, Family Affair Films
with the support of Flanders Audiovisual Fund (VAF), the Tax Shelter measure of the Belgian Federal Government via Flanders Tax Shelter, Netherlands Film Fund, Kanal – Centre Pompidou, Beursschouwburg