New Queer Visions: Parental Guidance (2021)
Overview
As any mother or father will tell you, when it comes to parenting, there's no right way to do it! Discover the highs and lows of being a queer kid in a straight family and vice versa in these six moving short films from Germany, Bulgaria, Israel, China and the United Kingdom. The short films are: Samira (2016); Pride [Чест] (2013); Lost and Found [אבידות ומציאות] (2015); Chaos Toad (2018); Sunken Plum [沉李] (2017); Escaping Gravity [Fliehkraft] (2013).
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Additional Info
| Budget | $0.00 |
|---|---|
| Revenue | $0.00 |
| Original Language | en |
| Popularity | 2.61 |
Directed By
Charlotte Rolfes
Pavel G. Vesnakov
Lior Haen
Nizan Lotem
Carlos Lopes
Xiaoxi Xu
Roberto F. Canuto
Benjamin Teske
Crew
Charlotte Rolfes
Pavel G. Vesnakov
Lior Haen
Nizan Lotem
Carlos Lopes
Xiaoxi Xu
Roberto F. Canuto
Benjamin Teske
TOP CAST
Sabin Tambrea
Leonie
Ronald Nitschke
Ludwig
Mihail Mutafov
Manol
Aleksandar Aleksiev
Georgi
Lucas Prisor
Janosch
Dejan Bućin
Sebastian
Gu Xiang
Li Wanjing
Aviv Zalishanski
Yuval
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