When Pride Came To Town

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.

“A moving film […] with a careful and unique visual language. As a viewer you care about the main character, and the opponents are presented in a nuanced way. We are impressed with how much the film is able to say in such a short time.”
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Norway: Aftenposten or NRK

Credits

Directed, written, and 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 the Aftenposten. Made possible by the support of Aftenposten, Bergesenstiftelsen, FoFoGoFo and Viken Filmsenter.

Awards

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

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