I Love Her (film)

I Love Her
Original title Я її люблю
Directed by Darya Perelay
Screenplay by Darya Perelay
Story by Darya Perelay
Starring
  • Natalie Ivanchuk
  • Frau Hanna
Cinematography Sergey Marinchak
Release date
  • 18 October 2013 (2013-10-18) (Germany)
  • 7 March 2014 (2014-03-07) (Ukraine)
Running time
 4 minutes
Country Ukraine
Language Russian

I Love Her (Ukrainian: Я її люблю) is a 2013 Ukrainian drama short film directed by Darya Perelay. It is the first Ukrainian movie about a lesbian relationship and is one of the first LGBT films produced in the Ukraine.

I Love Her was first screened on 18 October 2013 at the Lesbisch Schwule Filmtage Hamburg festival in Germany;[1] followed by the Festival Internacional de Cinema Gai i Lèsbic de Barcelona on 25 October 2013;[2][3] FACE à FACE in the Courage section of the Short Films International Competition on 29 November 2013;[4][5] and the Festival Internacional de Cine por los Derechos Humanos Bogotá in December 2013 as an Official Selection in the International Short Film Competition.[6][7] In the Ukraine, it screened on 7 March 2014 at Zovten Cinema in Kiev. The film was screened in Europe, Asia, Canada and the United States, totaling 23 countries.

Plot

A young musician and songwriter, Nataly, moves to Kiev with dreams of being discovered and finding fame. While performing on the street she meets a deaf-mute young woman, Anna, and the two are drawn to each other. Together they defy the nation's restrictions against homosexuality.

Cast

  • Natalie Ivanchuk as Nataly
  • Frau Hanna as Anna

Bechdel Project

I Love Her is part of the Ukrainian "Bechdel Project" which consists of eight movies. The test asks if a work of fiction features at least two women who talk to each other about something other than a man.

Feature film

The 2017 feature version (in English) based on the short film screened at the Gay Film Nights International Film Festival in Romania on 18 November 2017.[8][9]

References

  1. ↑ "Lesbisch Schwule Filmtage Hamburg International Queer Film Festival". Lesbisch Schwule Filmtage Hamburg (in German). issuu. 2013. p. 23. Retrieved 12 October 2018.
  2. ↑ "Sessió de curtmetratges 3 – 13è Festival Internacional de Cinema Gai i Lèsbic de Barcelona". FilmoTeca de Catalunya (in Catalan). 2013. Retrieved 11 October 2018.
  3. ↑ "Barcelona International Gay and Lesbian Film Festival". Barcelona Metropolitan. The Noise Lab S.L. October 2013. Retrieved 11 October 2018.
  4. ↑ "Face-a-Face 2013 – Programme". Abus de Ciné (in French). November 2013. Retrieved 11 October 2018.
  5. ↑ "Compétition Internationale" (PDF) (in French). Festival du Film Gay et Lesbien de Saint-Etienne. 2013. Retrieved 11 October 2018.
  6. ↑ "Cortometraje internacional". Festival Internacional de Cine por los Derechos Humanos Bogotá (in Spanish). issuu. 2013. Retrieved 11 October 2018.
  7. ↑ "You Are A Terrorist At Festival de Cine por los Derechos Humanos de Bogotá". The House of Films. 4 December 2013. Retrieved 11 October 2018.
  8. ↑ "I Love Her". Serile Filmului Gay / Gay Film Nights (in Romanian). 12 October 2017. Retrieved 11 October 2018.
  9. ↑ "I Love Her". iloveher.filmpls.com. 2017. Retrieved 11 October 2018.


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