YES MOM, YOUR SON IS GAY
da mama, fiul tău e homosexual
PHOTO CREDIT: DANIEL SAVESCU
produced and directed by Daniel Savescu
with Daniel Savescu
set designer, screenwriter, cinematographer Daniel Savescu
4:38 minutes
Premiere: 4 September 2022, at SUPER Film Festival, Bucharest, Romania
WATCH: https://vimeo.com/1004530004?share=copy
Awards:
2022 - Jury Prize at SUPER Film Festival, Bucharest, Romania (jury: Flora Pop, Lucia Chicoș, Eugen Jebeleanu)
2023 - Honorable Mention at Student World Impact Film Festival, S.U.A.
Official selection:
2025 - Queer short films from Romania and Moldova w. Art200 and the #iubimlafel campaign
w. MozaiQ, PRIDE TM 2025, organized by Identity.Education
2025 - Underground Festival, Arad, Romania
2024 - Art200 - Queer Culture Festival, Bucharest, Romania
Synopsis:
[RO]
Înainte de a pleca în Paris pentru a-și vedea iubitul, Daniel îi spune mamei sale că este homosexual și că are o relație cu acesta de aproape un an.
[EN]
Before leaving for Paris to see his lover, Daniel tells his mother that he is gay and that he has been in a relationship with him for almost a year.
Premiul Juriului la Festivalul de Film SUPER, București, România, 2022
Jury Prize at SUPER Film Festival, Bucharest, Romania, 2022
[RO]
„Pentru gestul onest și curajos de a vorbi despre o temă sensibilă într-o societate discriminatorie. În acest proiect limbajul cinematografic se pune în serviciul unui discurs necesar și asumat.” Eugen Jebeleanu
[EN]
"For the honest and courageous gesture of speaking about a sensitive topic in a discriminatory society. In this project, cinematic language is put at the service of a necessary and assumed discourse." Eugen Jebeleanu