Gender Me is a road movie about Mansour’s voyage into the world of Islam. It is a personal odyssey through a world of taboos, filled with contradictory images. He explores questions regarding faith and gender in Islam with a special focus on the unusual stories of Muslim gays. Mansour is a homosexual Iranian refugee who has been living in Oslo for the past 18 years where he works as a pharmacist. Now he wants to travel back to Istanbul, where he lived for two years before he was granted asylum in Norway.
Cast
Crew
Nefise Özkal Lorentzen
Director, Writer, Cinematography
Mette Munthe-Kaas
Editor
Nils-Petter Lotherington
Director of Photography
Cengiz Tanc
Cinematography
Jørgen Lorentzen
Producer
Simon Matthew Jones-Tyridal
Animation
Morten Haslerud
Animation
Håkon Lammetun
Sound Editor
Tor Lindberg
Music Director
Adrian Nilsen
Color Designer
Gudmundur Gunnarson
Color Designer