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Friday, 21 March 2025

MR. GAY SYRIA

Turkey | 2017 | 84’

Mr. Gay Syria follows two gay Syrian refugees who are trying to rebuild their lives. Husein is a barber in Istanbul living a double life between his conservative family and his gay identity. Mahmoud is the founder of Syria’s LGBTI movement and is a refugee in Berlin. What brings them together is a dream: to participate in an international beauty contest as an escape from their trapped lives and an answer to their invisibility.

Screenwriter

Ayse Toprak

Producer

Ayse Toprak

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