Photo Booth

by John Greyson
Palestinian brothers conspire with Jean Genet to disrupt Eurovision, enlisting Toronto's singing penguins. PHOTO BOOTH blends humour and diverse visuals to explore boycott
2022  ·  1h53m  ·  Canada
Arabic, English, French
English subs
About the Film

In this split-screen opera-documentary about
boycott activism, two Palestinian brothers plot with
novelist Jean Genet in Jericho to sabotage the 2021
Eurovision Song Contest. Their method? Secure the
collaboration of Buddy and Pedro, Toronto’s famous
naked gay singing penguins. PHOTO BOOTH weaves together
diverse doc, opera, and video art scenes, blending
humour and song to explore the politics of boycott,
staged in a surreal landscape of megaphones and photo
booths, twelve-tone and split-screen, frisbees and
teargas, Gaga and Gaza, solidarity and silence…

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David Wall
Composer
Anneli Ekborn
Producer
Nick White
Editor
Everett Major
Sound Editor
Kim Derko
Director of Photography
John Gilbert
Jean Genet
Sam Al Esai
Hamza
About the Director

John Greyson

John Greyson, director, writer, producer, activist (born 13 March 1960 in Nelson, BC). John Greyson is a prolific award-winning film- and video-maker who has achieved international recognition on the queer cinema and film festival circuits.
John Greyson, director, writer, producer, activist (born 13 March 1960 in Nelson, BC). John Greyson is a prolific award-winning film- and video-maker who has achieved international recognition on the queer cinema and film festival circuits. His audacious films and videos experiment with form and genre, engage with explicitly gay subject matter, and provoke conversations about queer issues. Also a committed activist, Greyson received international attention in 2013 when he was detained without charge in Egypt for fifty days before being released. He is perhaps best known for the films Zero Patience (1993) and Lilies (1996), which won four Genie Awards, including Best Motion Picture.
 
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