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Shall I Compare You to a Summer’s Day?

Original language title: Bashtaalak sa’at
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Arabic pop songs, polyamorous gay confessionals and romance swirl together in this evocative experimental film exploring the love lives of gay Arab men.

This arthouse take on Shakespeare’s sonnet fuses genres to capture stories of love, longing and loss. Men ask their lovers about threesomes, Grindr hookups and dating, in this chorus of stories about unexpected encounters and inevitable endings. This mixed media experience is an engrossing look into Arab queerness – with its joys and pitfalls – while playing with sound, dramaturgy and music.

Sydney Premiere

Presented with

  • Special Programming Award for Artistic Achievement, LA Outfest LGBTQ Festival 2022

“It’s a remarkable collection of tales that inventively and honestly explore masculinity through a queer eye.”

— Shadows on the Wall

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About Shall I Compare You to a Summer’s Day?

  • Community

    Gay Men Queer

  • Director

    Mohammad Shawky Hassan

  • Cast

    Donia Massoud Ahmed El Gendy Salim Mrad Nadim Bahsoun Hassan Dib Ahmed Awadalla Richard Gabriel Gersch

  • Producer

    Hesham Marold Carlos Vasquez

  • Company Credits

    Courtesy of: Amerikafilm

  • Program Strand

    Narrative Feature

  • Blurb Writer

    Sevana Ohandjanian
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Screens with:

Warsha

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