Documentary I am Gay and Muslim Premiers

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After months of work, partly in Morocco, the documentary I am Gay and Muslim premiers during the Roze Filmdagen 2012 (Amsterdam Gay & Lesbian Film Festival 2012). A documentary that focuses on the subject of gay rights in the Islamic world.

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 the trailer here:

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

I am Gay and Muslim Photo Document

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Parallel to the film documentary I am Gay and Muslim, i made a photo series of the men who are in the film or contributed to it.

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:

Morocco, Marrakech, 31 October 2011. Portrait Sebastien (right) and Rayan (pseud. left), photo series I Am Gay and Muslim project by dutch foundation Stichting art.1. Photo: Bram Belloni / (c) 2011, www.belloni.nl - CREDIT MANDATORY: Bram Belloni for Stichting art.1 (Bram Belloni)
Morocco, Marrakech, 31 October 20Rayan, Sebastien – Marrakech, Morocco
October 2011, Bram Belloni for Stichting art.1
Morocco, Rabat, 09 February 2012. Portrait Brahim, photo series I Am Gay and Muslim project by dutch foundation Stichting art.1. Photo: Bram Belloni / (c) 2012, www.belloni.nl - CREDIT MANDATORY: Bram Belloni for Stichting art.1 (Bram Belloni)
Brahim – Rabat, Morocco
February 2012, Bram Belloni for Stichting art.1
Morocco, Rabat, 16 December 2011. Portrait Azar, photo series I Am Gay and Muslim project by dutch foundation Stichting art.1. Photo: Bram Belloni / (c) 2011, www.belloni.nl - CREDIT MANDATORY: Bram Belloni for Stichting art.1 (Bram Belloni)
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

Just Married – The Hollandse Hoogte Feest! project

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Just Married – The early morning aftermath from a Dutch wedding. For the Feest! (Party!) – documentary project, for which members of Dutch photo agency Hollandse Hoogte, covered the theme “Party”. This project was in cooperation with Dutch newspaper nrc.next.

Just Married – The early morning aftermath from a Dutch wedding. By Bram Belloni for the Hollandse Hoogte ‘Feest!’ project.