If It Were Love

2020 French film
If It Were Love
FrenchSi c'était de l'amour
Directed byPatric Chiha
Produced byCharlotte Vincent
CinematographyJordane Chouzenoux
Edited byAnna Riche
Production
company
Aurora Films
Release date
  • February 22, 2020 (2020-02-22) (Berlinale)
Running time
82 minutes
CountryFrance
LanguageFrench

If It Were Love (French: Si c'était de l'amour) is a French documentary film, directed by Patric Chiha and released in 2020.[1] The film profiles the professional and personal lives of the dancers in Crowd, a touring piece by choreographer Gisèle Vienne about the rave scene of the 1990s.[2]

The film had its theatrical premiere in February 2020 in the Panorama Dokumente stream at the 70th Berlin International Film Festival,[3] where it won the award for Best Documentary from the Teddy Award program for LGBTQ-themed films.[4]

The film had its public theatrical premiere in France in March 2020.[2]

References

  1. ^ Fabien Lemercier, "Review: If It Were Love". Cineuropa, February 23, 2020.
  2. ^ a b Vincent Dieutre, "Patric Chiha : une expérience du temps et des nouveaux états de l’amour (Si c’était de l’amour)". Diacritik, March 9, 2020.
  3. ^ Michael Rosser, "Berlinale unveils first films for 2020; Matteo Garrone’s ‘Pinocchio’ first special gala". Screen Daily, December 17, 2019.
  4. ^ Meza, Ed (February 29, 2020). "'There Is No Evil' Wins Golden Bear at Berlin Film Festival". Variety.

External links

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Films directed by Patric Chiha
Feature films
  • Domain (2009)
  • Boys Like Us (2014)
  • The Beast in the Jungle (2023)
Documentaries
  • Les messieurs (2005)
  • Brothers of the Night (2016)
  • If It Were Love (2020)
Short and mid-length films
  • Casa Ugalde (2004)
  • Home (2006)
  • Where Is the Head of the Prison? (2008)
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Teddy Award winners for Best LGBT Documentary Film
1980s
  • Rights and Reactions: Lesbian and Gay Rights on Trial (1988)
  • Tiny & Ruby: Hell Divin' Women (1989)
1990s
2000s
  • Paragraph 175 (2000)
  • Trembling Before G-d (2001)
  • All About My Father (2002)
  • Talk Straight: The World of Rural Queers (2003)
  • The Nomi Song (2004)
  • Feline Masquerade (2005)
  • Beyond Hatred (2006)
  • A Walk Into the Sea: Danny Williams and the Warhol Factory (2007)
  • Football Under Cover (2008)
  • Fig Trees (2009)
2010s
2020s


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