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Director: Charbel Raad
Category: Documentary short
Country of Origin: France
Run time: 32

Cast & Crew:
Producer: GREC
Editor: Charbel RAAD and Clémence Le Prévost
Sound mix: Edwige Livet
Goloring: Clayton Bucharest
Music: Alexandre Missakian

Previous Awards:
World Human Rights Awards : Silver Award (2016) / L.A. Shorts Awards : Golden Prize (2015) / Award of Merit : LGBT & Award of Merit: Special Purpose Productions : Best Shorts Competition 2016 / Gold awards : Documentary Film Competition – California Film Awards

Festivals :
Best Short Competition (2015) / Los Angeles Independent Film Festival Awards (2015) / L.A. Shorts Awards (2015) / Roma Cinema Doc (2015) / Miami Independent Film Festival (2015) / Phoenix Film Festival (2016) / Best Foreign Language Documentary – Nice IFF 2016 / DOCUMENTARY SHORT – 2016 TIFVA Nominees 2016 / Star Doc Film Festival (Documentary Films) 2016 / Official nominee -Toronto Film Week 2016 / Official Selection – Blowup Chicago International Arthouse Film Festival 2015 / Erie International Film Festival (2015) / Alive documentary film festival (2016)

Website: http://www.gayrouth.com
IMDB: https://twitter.com/Gayrouth
Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tBQqmCJZT7U
Other: https://www.instagram.com/gayrouth/

Synopsis: To be gay in Beirut, one of the most openminded capitals in the Middle East, which is sinking in the era of repressions, is not as easy as it looks. This documentary tells an exceptional and an uncommon story of two lives.