SYNOPSIS

The safest LGBTQ+ countries in Europe' into Google, and Belgium pops up at the top. For many queers who are about to be forcedly displaced from their country of origin, this becomes a determinant in the decision-making of where to go. However, contrary to the internet portrayal, the reality for LGBTQ+ asylum seekers in Belgium often starts with discrimination and oppression, sometimes even more severe than what they had been experiencing before. This animated short tries to shed light on the incomprehension of queer identities within migration systems and the abuse of power by its frontline workers. It depicts only the first few hours of a lengthy, 18-24 months long asylum process, where queer asylum seekers are met with mistreatment, hunger, and homelessness instead of the promised equality and safe space.

GÉNÉRIQUE

• Director

  Rafaelle Fillastre

• Production

  Mgeladzé Data

• Referent

  Rafaelle Fillastre

• Sales

  Mgeladzé Data

• Animation

  Rafaelle Fillastre

• Editing

  Rafaelle Fillastre

• Decors

  Rafaelle Fillastre

• Text

  Candido Soraya

• Voice

  Tumba

• Sound designer

  Colmenarejo Álvaro Rodríguez

  Miriam Bué

• Film score composer

  Colmenarejo Álvaro Rodríguez

  Miriam Bué