YOUR LOVE, queer, non-binary, Canadian-Indian actor/writer/director Sundeep Morrison’s (they/them) four-minute, cinematic love letter to the Queer South Asian elders and their forgotten and unfinished love stories, secures a coveted spot at OUTFEST Los Angeles LGBTQ+ Festival, the largest, most prestigious queer film festival in the world, on Friday, July 21, 2023, as part of its popular shorts programming. For more information, please visit www.outfestla.org.
This, immediately after the film’s world premiere at Kashish Mumbai Queer Film Festival, the longest-running LGBTQIA+ festival in South Asia, in June (Pride Month), where Morrison was in attendance and was recognized as an emerging Indian filmmaker.
Based on the true story of a South Asian woman who came out of the closet in her 60s, YOUR LOVE is a queer, Punjabi-Sikh love story about two young women who are forced apart by family pressures, only to be reunited years later with the help of an unexpected soul, thus being gifted a second chance at love. Set to Vancouver-based Producer Khanvict’s re-mixed imagining of the iconic Punjabi folk song “Ik Tera Pyaar” by Noor Jahan, the film reminds us that “our one true love” can carry us through life, regardless of what phase we are in. Watch the trailer HERE
Weaving in themes of ageism in the South Asian community, family pressure, and social constructs of what “queer love” should look like, YOUR LOVE is especially relevant now because legislation for LGBTQIA+ rights is in limbo and somewhat non-existent in many parts of the world, including India. “Love may be universal, but it is universally under attack when it breaks the binary expectation of society,” said Morrison.
