Who's Gonna Love Me Now?

Who's Gonna Love Me Now? is a British-Israeli co-produced documentary film, released in 2016.[1] Directed by Barak Heymann and Tomer Heymann, the film centres on Saar Maoz, a gay and HIV-positive Israeli expatriate living in London.[1] Returning home for the first time since being thrown out by his family 20 years earlier for coming out as gay, the film contrasts his difficulties finding acceptance at home with the life he has built for himself as a member of the London Gay Men's Chorus.[1] Tomer Heymann first met Maoz one night in Tel Aviv in 1994, but the pair lost contact until roughly ten years later when Heymann recognised Maoz in the street.[2] Who's Gonna Love Me Now? was eventually pitched at the 2013 Sheffield Doc/Fest's MeetMarket.

Who's Gonna Love Me Now?
Directed byBarak Heymann
Tomer Heymann
Written byBarak Heymann
Tomer Heymann
StarringSaar Maoz
CinematographyItai Raziel
Edited byRon Omer, Ido Mochrik, Roi Turnoy
Music byEran Weitz
Production
companies
Heymann Brothers Films, Breaking Productions
Release date
  • 13 February 2016 (2016-02-13) (Berlin)
Running time
84 minutes
CountriesUnited Kingdom
Israel
LanguageEnglish

The film was premiered in 2016 at the 66th Berlin International Film Festival,[1] where it won the Panorama Audience Award for Best Documentary.[3]

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References edit

  1. ^ a b c d David D'Arcy, "'Who's Gonna Love Me Now?': Berlin Review", Screen Daily, February 14, 2016.
  2. ^ Jessica Duncanson (June 6, 2017). "Interview: Tomer and Barak Heymann talk Who's Gonna Love Me Now?". FilmDoo. Retrieved September 3, 2018.
  3. ^ Hannah Brown, "Israeli films win in Berlin". Jerusalem Post, February 21, 2016.

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