Sometimes I Wish I Was On a Desert Island

As the world learns to live again in the midst of the pandemic, for many Arabic-speaking LGBTQ+ people living in Montreal, this is just a period of time like any other. When you’ve fled homophobic violence in your home country and endured a painful migratory journey, or you still face social prejudices stemming from intercultural and intergenerational conflicts, surviving social isolation is nothing new.

Country:

Canada

Genre:
Duration:

10 minutes

Year:

2020

Director:

Eli Jean Tahchi

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Company:

ONF | NFB

Cast:
Adam Khatra

Hany Shokair

Andrew Khoury

Crew:
Eli Jean Tahchi

Writer

Patrick Trahan

Editorial Production Assistant

Gabrielle Dupont

Other

Eli Jean Tahchi

Editor

Stephanie Hamelin Tomala

Music