We Will Become Better
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Graphite Pencil / Direction / Music Videos / 2022
Award: Wood Pencil
Wood Pencil / Editing / Music Videos
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Wood Pencil / Music Videos / Concept
In July 2020, Vladimir Putin changed the Russian constitution to ban same-sex marriage, with 77% of the country’s population supporting the change. The gay propaganda law, which passed in 2013, is also being practised in Russia. It criminalises representations of LGBTQIA+ community and has also encouraged a wave of hate crimes, including beatings, rape and torture. One year after the constitutional change, the film We Will Become Better was released to challenge these offensive portrayals of same-sex relationship, guided by a simple message: Love is everyone’s right?
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