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MUSIC VIDEO.
directed with Spacetajin
4
ZOUAVE
holy waters run deep
holy waters run deep
MAUVAIS
GENRE
not that kind of guy.
TEASER
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queer romance released in 2020
Somewhere in the French countryside, LETO is stuck in a modest industrial suburban town. Down tower blocks, a bunch of broke and bully THUGS rule over the wasteland he crosses everyday to pick up his moped before work. However one day, this ambient hostility turns into the overwhelming charm of an unexpected encounter... Leto will thus draw his emancipation from HAMZA, an enigmatic ice rink employee just as outsider as him.
ONCE UPON A GUY...
INTERVIEWS
DESIR. . .DESIRS LGBTQIA+ FESTIVAL
recorded in French in January 2022 during the 29th edition
of the oldest queer film festival in France (located in Tours,
Sarah's hometown, since opening in 1963)
Radio Campus Tours.
Métamorphose Nocturne.
France Bleu Touraine.


CREDITS
WRITER-DIRECTOR
PRODUCTION COMPANY
PHOTOGRAPHY
SOUND
EDITING
ORIGINAL MUSIC SOUNDTRACK
sarah al atassi
wombat films
evgenia alexandrova
hugo deguillard
sarah al atassi
zaïd sahli
LETO
HAMZA / LETO'S CRUSH
LETO'S ONE NIGHT STAND
LETO'S FRIEND
CINEMA MANAGER
CLARISSE / RINK RECEPTIONIST
sohan pague
issa al issa
tibo drouet
philippe bilheur
raphaël thiéry
clémentine sergent
FINANCIAL SUPPORTS
SCENARIO REWARD
FESTIVAL AWARDS
CICLIC - bourse première oeuvre
CANAL+ (pre-purchase)
PROCIREP ANGOA
CNC - audiovisual support fund (FSA in French)
screenplay competition winner - Brive international medium-length
film festival 2018
best LGBT film winner - Sandbar international film awards (Ireland)
best performance winner (actor sohan pague) - Sandbar again
best director winner (sarah al atassi) - Los Angeles diversity film festival
audience award winner (best short film) - Désir...Désirs festival (France)
lahcen elmazouzi
anthony da silva
théophile dubus
leyhan belhachemi-hoinard
nicolas & sébastien ali larbi
sarah al atassi
simon frenay
maël dutheil
THUGS LEADER
THUG
THUG
THUG
TWIN THUGS
THUG
COUPLE FROM PORN VIDEO
FESTIVALS
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QUEERSICHT FILMFESTIVAL · (BERN) SWEDEN
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INDIANAPOLIS LGBT FILM FESTIVAL · USA
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ROME INDEPENDENT FILM FESTIVAL · ITALIA
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BROOKLYN FILM FESTIVAL · (NEW YORK) USA
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KASHISH MUMBAI INTERNATIONAL QUEER FILM FESTIVAL · (BOMBAY) INDIA
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PINK APPLE LGBTQ FILM FESTIVAL · (ZURICH) SWEDEN
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FESTIVAL DU FILM SUBVERSIF · (METZ) FRANCE
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CHANGING FACE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL · (SYDNEY) AUSTRALIA
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DESIR...DESIRS LGBTQIA+ FILM FESTIVAL · (TOURS) FRANCE
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CONNECTICUT LGBTQ FILM FESTIVAL · (NEW ENGLAND) USA
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LOS ANGELES DIVERSITY FILM FESTIVAL · (CALIFORNIA) USA
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SANDBAR INTERNATIONAL FILM AWARDS · (BELFAST) NORTHERN IRELANDE
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MELBOURNE QUEER FILM FEST · AUSTRALIA
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QUEER SCREEN FILM FEST · (SYDNEY) AUSTRALIA
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CINEMARGES · (BORDEAUX) FRANCE
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FACE A FACE LGBTI+ FESTIVAL · (SAINT-ETIENNE) FRANCE