With this photo document we wanted to create an opportunity where they can show themselves, in addition to the many dilemmas young, gay Muslims are struggling with in their quest for identity and acceptance by society.

The series is commissioned by the producer of the film, Dutch foundation Stichting art.1.

Some pictures who made it through the final selection and are in exhibition -for now- at screenings of the film:

Rayan, Sebastien - Marrakech, Morocco
October 2011, Bram Belloni for Stichting art.1

Brahim - Rabat, Morocco
February 2012, Bram Belloni for Stichting art.1

Azar - Rabat, Morocco
December 2011, Bram Belloni for Stichting art.1

Some names have been altered for privacy reasons.

> read more about the project on the: I am Gay and Muslim website

I am very proud of Chris Belloni, the maker of this project, for creating such a special film on such a delicate subject. And it is really nice to see the footage, which came for a big part from my hands, in 2K digital projection. I got blown away by the quality of today’s digital HD camera’s, as shown in the final version on the big screen. Even footage shot on small consumer camera’s, like the Sony NEX series, still stand out.

See Chris speak about the film and upcoming premiere at the Roze Filmdagen (in dutch), here:

FestBits Roze Filmdagen 2012 (via DyzloFilm)

The film is to be seen in Amsterdam till the end of march and will be shown at various international film festivals, for now.

> read more on the project on the I am Gay and Muslim website

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Aki Kaurismäki by Bram Belloni for Daily Tiger - International Film Festival Rotterdam 2012

Ruben Öslund by Bram Belloni for Daily Tiger - International Film Festival Rotterdam 2012

Albert Serra, director Els noms de Crist
February 2012, Bram Belloni for IFFR

Mia Hansen-Løve, director Un amour de jeunesse
February 2012, Bram Belloni for IFFR

Óskar Thór Axelsson, director Black's Game
January 2012, Bram Belloni for IFFR

Orhan Eskiköy and Zeynel Dogan, directors Voice of My Father
January 2012, Bram Belloni for IFFR

Vasily Sigarev, director Living
January 2012, Bram Belloni for IFFR

Simon Pummell, director and visual artist
January 2012, Bram Belloni for IFFR

> more on: the International Film Festival Rotterdam website

Please see link for HD version down below.

Song is Chasing Cars by Snow Patrol, performed by unknown artists.

> see Chasing Cars | amsterdam snapshots in HD

> More production diaries at Stichting art.1 YouTube channel
> Follow the project on Facebook: I Am Gay And Muslim Project Page
> About the production: Stichting art.1

Street art Asilah Medina. Credits to the (unknown) artist.
December 2011

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Impression Rabat, Morocco
november 2011

For dutch foundation Stichting Art. 1, i went first half of November to Morocco for a photo series of young gays in a Muslim country. This series of portraits is an addition to the documentary I am Gay and Muslim, produced by Stichting Art. 1.

With the first results in, the making of the series will continue in the second half of December 2011. Casablanca, Tangier, Al Hoceima, Nador, Rabat; Morocco field trip!

Jason Baldwin (middle), with Joe Berlinger, co-director Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory
2011 Bram Belloni for IDFA

> more about Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory on Radical Media

Kevin Allison, host of the Risk Show
2011, Bram Belloni for IDFA

Kevin Allison, host of the Risk Show and in the IDFA DocLab 2011 programme.