Selection

Screening: Professional Competition 3
Turkey 2024
Duration: 08:00
Directed: Ligebita Libera
Dialogue Language: Russian

"Kissing Day" is a short animated film based on an interview with the famous Russian journalist and LGBTQ activist Elena Kostyuchenko. It tells the story of the "Kissing Day" action that Elena organized outside the Russian State Duma in 2012 during the first hearings of the law against "gay propaganda" among minors. In total, Russian LGBTQ activists organized four protests outside the State Duma. In June 2013, the law on "gay propaganda" was adopted by a majority vote.