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Home videos shot during his childhood send director Shauly Melamed on a downward spiral, inspiring a search for other LGBTQ adults who documented themselves during puberty. Shauly finds many such individuals who, in their youth, exposed their non-conforming identities without understanding the secrets the camera beheld. Tom, transgender, grew up in the Ultra-Orthodox town of Safed and unwittingly documented his journey of self-discovery; Betty, born to Iranian immigrants, obsessively filmed her intimate relationships with girlfriends; Rumia found her roots in drag as her mother came out of the closet; Shauly explored his own homosexuality in the aftermath of his father’s sudden death. Through watching their childhood films, the four LGBTQ adults are forced to confront the most formative people and experiences from their past.
Festivals and Awards:
Docaviv International Film Festival, Tel Aviv, Israel, 2022
Director: Shauly Melamed
Producer: Gil Sima
Production Company: Sima films
Cinematographer: Daniel Binsted, Yafim Graboi
Editor: Shauly Melamed, Editing supervisor: Ron Omer
Soundtrack Editor: Rotem Dror
Original Soundtrack: Zoe Polanski
Supporter(s): The New Fund for Cinema and Television, KAN – Israeli Public Broadcast Corp, Mifal HaPayis
Script: Shauly Melamed
Distributor: Sima films
Subtitles: English
Film Name in Hebrew: מיני די וי
Category: Children and Youth / Family / Identity / LGBT
Tag Words: coming out Drag Home videos LGBTQI puberty sexual identity transgender Ultra Orthodox youth
Home videos shot during his childhood send director Shauly Melamed on a downward spiral, inspiring a search for other LGBTQ adults who documented themselves during puberty. Shauly finds many such individuals who, in their youth, exposed their non-conforming identities without understanding the secrets the camera beheld. Tom, transgender, grew up in the Ultra-Orthodox town of Safed and unwittingly documented his journey of self-discovery; Betty, born to Iranian immigrants, obsessively filmed her intimate relationships with girlfriends; Rumia found her roots in drag as her mother came out of the closet; Shauly explored his own homosexuality in the aftermath of his father’s sudden death. Through watching their childhood films, the four LGBTQ adults are forced to confront the most formative people and experiences from their past.
Festivals and Awards:
Docaviv International Film Festival, Tel Aviv, Israel, 2022
Director: Shauly Melamed
Producer: Gil Sima
Production Company: Sima films
Cinematographer: Daniel Binsted, Yafim Graboi
Editor: Shauly Melamed, Editing supervisor: Ron Omer
Soundtrack Editor: Rotem Dror
Original Soundtrack: Zoe Polanski
Supporter(s): The New Fund for Cinema and Television, KAN – Israeli Public Broadcast Corp, Mifal HaPayis
Script: Shauly Melamed
Distributor: Sima films
Subtitles: English
Film Name in Hebrew: מיני די וי
Category: Children and Youth / Family / Identity / LGBT
Tag Words: coming out Drag Home videos LGBTQI puberty sexual identity transgender Ultra Orthodox youth