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Hunting the Rainbow (2025)
Directed by Nikita Loyk
Documentary · 1h 27m
Documentary about how, in today’s Russia, love and private life have become grounds for harassment, persecution, and criminal prosecution. The film begins with ordinary situations that, in a different political context, would have remained part of everyday life: two lovers walking home hand in hand, flirting in a private chat, sharing a kiss on the street. In contemporary Russia, however, these simple acts trigger a chain of violence — because the lovers are of the same sex. And that has now become a crime. Flyers with photographs, curses, and threats appear in apartment buildings. A kiss in public leads to detention and beatings. Private messages in a closed group result in abduction straight from a university classroom and hours of police torture. Through the stories of Lyosha, two men named Sergey, and August, the film systematically reveals how this system operates — from everyday homophobia and workplace pressure to the actions of law enforcement agencies.
Crew
- Director
- Nikita Loyk
- Writer
- Nikita Loyk
- Producer
- Stas Vokman
Details
- Original title
- Охота на радугу
- Release date
- 2025-11-02
- Runtime
- 1h 27m
- Genres
- Documentary
- Original language
- RU
- Spoken languages
- Russian
- Countries
- Netherlands, Portugal