Queer Exile
The situation for queer people in Russia has drastically worsened,
forcing many to leave their homeland for their own safety. Evgeniy,
David and Sanya flee for the same reasons: they are Russian and queer,
but their experiences in exile in Germany couldn’t be more different.
David longs for community, Evgeniy struggles with professional and
language barriers, while Sanya experiences, for their first time, what
it feels like to be “normal”.
Cast
- Evgeniy Grigorev
- Evgeniy Grigorev
- David Kolesnik
- David Kolesnik
- Sanya Berezniak
- Sanya Berezniak
Queer Exile
Lou von Sohlern, Matilda Mokina
- Short film
- Production Country / Year
- Germany 2024
- Language
- ru., engl. OF m. dt. UT
- Format
- DCP, Color, 30min
Other, Discrete 5.1
Director & Crew
Lou von Sohlern
Born in 1998 in Munich. Studied Theater Studies at the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität in Munich and at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver/Canada. Worked as a director’s and production assistant for film and theater. Studies Documentary Film and Television Journalism at the University of Television and Film Munich. Active as a director.
Filmography
| 2022 | Erben | Dokumentarkurzfilm | |
| 2023 | Aus der Starre | Dokumentarkurzfilm | |
| 2024 | Queer Exile | Dokumentarkurzfilm Co-Regie |
2025 |
Matilda Mokina
Born in 1999 in Moscow/Russia. Worked for the NGO Memorial and interned at the Arolsen Archives in Bad Arolsen. Studies Documentary Film and Editing at the University of Television and Film Munich. Active as a director and editor.
Filmography
| 2023 | Der Bruchteil Einer Sekunde | Dokumentarkurzfilm | |
| 2024 | Repatriierungsdokumente | Dokumentarkurzfilm | |
| Queer Exile | Dokumentarkurzfilm Co-Regie |
2025 |
- Director of Photography
- Michael Oberwallner
- Editor
- Natalya Belova
- Sound
- Lou von Sohlern
- Matilda Mokina
- Producer
- Lissy Giglberger