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In July 2020, Vladimir Putin changed the Russian constitution to ban same-sex marriage with an amendment that explicitly defines marriage as between a man and woman. It has encouraged a wave of hate crimes including beatings, rape and torture that continue to this day. One year on from the constitutional change, we released a film to challenge these offensive portrayals of same-sex relationship with a simple message: ‘Love is everyone’s right’. By making and releasing the film we took the risk of essentially breaking the Gay Propaganda law. This is the first Russian LGBTQIA+ film in years that actually portrays a gay relationship and the country’s first anti-homophobic project.