Veiled (OT: Schleierhaft)
Short | 14 min | Austria | 2013
Tahirs life is determined by a bold double life. He is fascinated by wearing a niqab, but as he decides to disguise himself, his son Adel watches him. Just before Tahir is able to explain himself properly, his wife Emel appears and the son carelessly tells her about the dress-up game of his father. An argument brakes out in which Adel gets tossed around by his family and finds himself caught between tolerance and tradition.
Director: Tim Ellrich
Production Company: Coronado Film
Cast: Atheer Adel, Amira El Sayed, Adam Radwan, Alexander E. Fennon
Language: German
Filming location: Vienna, Austria
Runtime: 14 minutes
Aspect ratio: 1:2.35 Widescreen
Camera: Arri Alexa
Film negative format: ProRes 2K
Printed film format: DCP | HD Video
Festivals & Awards:
WINNER BEST INTERNATIONAL TRANS GENDER SHORT FILM
20th North Carolina Gay + Lesbian Film Festival, USA
WINNER SECOND AUDIENCE AWARD
17th Thessaloniki International LGBTQ Film Festival, Greece
WINNER BEST TRANSGENDER SHORT FILM
OutWest Film Fest, USA
WINNER YOUNG TALENT PRIZE
15th Holebifilmfestival, Netherlands
WINNER BEST WRITING, BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY & BEST FILM OF THE FESTIVAL
4th Stamped: Pensacola LGBT Film Festival, USA
WINNER JURY AWARD + AUDIENCE AWARD
3rd Queer Bits Fall Film Festival, USA
28th Unabhängiges Osnabrücker Filmfestival, Germany
1th LETS CEE Filmfestival, Austria
18th Forum of European Cinema CInergia, Poland
38th Grenzland-Filmtage Selb, Germany
16th Landshuter Kurzfilmfestival, Germany
19th SCHLINGEL - Internationales Filmfestival, Germany
15th Sopot Film Festival, Poland
17th Thessaloniki International LGBTQ Film Festival, Greece
14th Pink Panorama lebischwules Film Festival, Switzerland
NukHu Filmfestival, USA
Grand Rapids Feminist Film Festival, USA
3rd Ferfilm Fest, Kosovo
2nd Pink City International Short Film Festival, India
8th Side by Side LGBT Film Festival, St. Petersburg, Russia
9th For Rainbow - Festival De Cinema e Cultura de Diversidade Sexual, Brazil
18th Internazionale del Cortometraggio - Corto Lovere, Italy
1st Västerås Filmfestival, Sweden
5th FRINGE! Queer Film & Arts Fest, England
3rd AS Film Festival, Italy
10th El Ojo Cojo International Film Festival, Spain
23rd Mix Brasil Festival of Diversity, Brazil
QueerFilmFest Rostock, Germany
18th Mestre Film Fest, Italy
11th ANDALESGAI: Festival de cine Lésbico, Gay y Trans de Andalucía, Spain
13th Bloomington PRIDE Film Festival, USA
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