Gender Me: Homosexuality and Islam (2008)
Gender Me is a road movie about Mansour’s voyage into the world of Islam. It is a personal odyssey through a world of taboos, filled with contradictory images. He explores questions regarding faith and gender in Islam with a special focus on the unusual stories of Muslim gays. Mansour is a homosexual Iranian refugee who has been living in Oslo for the past 18 years where he works as a pharmacist. Now he wants to travel back to Istanbul, where he lived for two years before he was granted asylum in Norway.
Director: Nefise Özkal Lorentzen
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Mansour Saberi as Himself |
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Abdullah as Himself |
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Imam Daayiee as Himself |
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Kaltham as Himself |
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Alexander Lie as Himself |
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B. Lennart Persson as Himself |
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Hüseyin Ates as Himself |
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Geir Søli as Himself |
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Emre as Himself |
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Tigran as Himself |
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Kerem as Himself |
| Visual Effects | Adrian Nilsen | Color Designer |
| Crew | Nefise Özkal Lorentzen | Cinematography |
| Visual Effects | Simon Matthew Jones-Tyridal | Animation |
| Sound | Tor Lindberg | Music Director |
| Writing | Nefise Özkal Lorentzen | Writer |
| Production | Jørgen Lorentzen | Producer |
| Directing | Nefise Özkal Lorentzen | Director |
| Crew | Cengiz Tanc | Cinematography |
| Editing | Mette Munthe-Kaas | Editor |
| Visual Effects | Morten Haslerud | Animation |
| Sound | Håkon Lammetun | Sound Editor |
| Camera | Nils-Petter Lotherington | Director of Photography |
| Visual Effects | Gudmundur Gunnarson | Color Designer |
