LANGUAGE: Turkish | SUBTITLES: English

Genre: Documentary - LGBTQ
Running Time: 44’
Year of production: 2023

SYNOPSIS

“I Beg You To Like Me”, serves as a testimony of individuals who felt oppressed about their body image for not meeting the standard beauty criteria, and demonstrates how a reckless language based on others’ physical appearance could turn violent. It aims to achieve much more than simply stating the obvious, which is that we are not obligated to submit to the ideal beauty standards dictated by the media, consumerism and the beauty industry. The intimate stories about one’s own body image as told by women, men, disabled people and LGBT individuals make it apparent that any one of us could end up being a victim and a perpetrator at the same time. What if, this iconic body image is nothing but an unobtainable fallacy? “Is it not yet the time to openly discuss the conventional perception of beauty, and step up onto the catwalk in our actual likeness?”

PRODUCTION AND DISTRIBUTION

Production Company: ORAK FILM
Film exports/World sales: Gonella Productions

MAIN CREDITS

Director: GUL ABUS
Screenwriter: GUL ABUS
Producer: GUL ABUS
Director of Photography: ORCUN BILGIN
Editing: MELİKE KASAPLAR
Music Composer: NOVA NORDA

TECHNICAL DETAILS

Genre: DOCUMENTARY
Sub-genre: LGBTQ
Language: TURKISH
Country of origin: TURKIYE
Year of production: 2023
Total running time: 44’
Shooting format: HD
Color type: COLOR
Aspect ratio: 1.77
Sound format: Sterio

AWARDS

Best Documentary – Antakya Film Festival