WHEN PRIDE CAME TO TOWN

DIRECTORS: JULIA DAHR & Julie Lunde Lillesæter

17 mins

2018

Original Title: Bygdehomo

Can religious freedom and LGBTQ+ rights co-exist? A provocative yet heartwarming story about Norway’s first rural Pride parade.

We meet 52 year old Bjørn-Tore, who once fled his rural hometown to live more freely as a gay man. Concurrently the film portrays the different perspectives that exists within the same town. In the weeks leading up to the parade we get to know a local church group protesting the Pride, we meet the local Provost and we follow Bjørn-Tore as he returns to his hometown to take part in the parade.

TEASER

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Credits

Directed/Written/Produced by: Julia Dahr & Julie Lunde Lillesæter
Cinematographer: Julie Lunde Lillesæter
Editor: Mathias Askeland
Producer Aftenposten: Jonas Brenna
Assistant Producer & Researcher: Johanne Kristensen Sandvik
Sound Design: Karoline Fjugstad Wendelborg
Archival Research: Aurora Hannisdal

A co-production with Aftenposten. Made possible through support from Aftenposten, Bergesenstiftelsen, FoFoGoFo and Viken Filmsenter.

AWARDS & Festivals

Awards

Best Short Documentary (The Norwegian Documentary Film Festival, 2019)
Best LGBT Short (Queen City Film Festival, 2019)

Festivals