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Apr 26, 2022 · At the same time, along comes the film Firebird (out on April 29), about a forbidden gay love affair between two Soviet Russian military officers at the height of the Cold War.
Apr 30, 2022 · Firebird interview: Peeter Rebane and Tom Prior on gay romance. Interviews. How Firebird ’s Peeter Rebane and Tom Prior turned a Cold War-era thriller into a gay romance. The two filmmakers...
Apr 14, 2022 · Firebird is an LGBTQ+ love story set during the height of the Cold War in Soviet-occupied Estonia. In it, Sergey, a young Russian private (Tom), meets the dashing and daring fighter pilot, Roman (Oleg Zagorodnii), and quickly a romance blooms.
Apr 22, 2022 · Tom Prior and Oleg Zagorodnii in Firebird. (Nikolaj Mathies) On a backdrop of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Firebird – a new film that tells a story of forbidden love between queer Russian soldiers in the Cold War – could hardly feel more of the moment.
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May 6, 2022 · Tom Prior Talks Love, Homophobia, and LGBTQ Film “Firebird”. After almost a year in festival rounds, the searing, heartfelt film “Firebird” is now here. From director Peeter Rebane and based on the book The Story of Roman by Sergey Fetisov, the film tells the story of Sergey (Tom Prior who also co-wrote the script with Rebane), a ...
Jul 30, 2022 · Firebird, the latest film from Estonian writer-director Peeter Rebane and British writer-star Tom Prior, incorporates the tropes of a Cold War-era thriller into its narrative while also emphasizing the soaring and aching romance that the LGBTQ+ audience could significantly benefit from seeing more of.
Apr 21, 2022 · Tom Prior and Peeter Rebane discuss adapting Sergey Fetisov's memoir for Firebird, a gay Cold War drama about life, loss, and love.
