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Love & Revolution

Award-Winning Poetic Film Calls for Peace, Justice & Solidarity

Gather to live, not wait, to love, not hate. Palestinian, queer and gender-diverse people rise against colonial violence and apartheid.

A powerful short poetic film, created on Gadigal land Australia, has become more urgent than ever. Originally a call for peace for women and children, the film now stands as a fierce act of resistance against colonial violence and apartheid.

Featuring Australia’s most awarded poet Sara Saleh, the late queer priestess of poetry Candy Royalle, and Saudi street artist Ms Saffaa, the film weaves poetry, activism, and striking visuals. Footage from Gaza’s Great March of Return is provided by Hind Khoudary, Gaza’s youngest female journalist at the time—who continues to report bravely from the ground today.

Directed by Jax North, a queer, gender-diverse filmmaker and Teddy Award winner (Berlin International Film Festival), this film unites Palestinian, Muslim, Queer, Trans, Gender Diverse, First Nations, and Jewish women in a collective call for peace and justice.

AWARDS & OFFICIAL SELECTIONS:
🏆 Winner – Multicultural Film Festival, Melbourne
🏆 Best LGBT Film Female Filmmaker – Colours of Love International Queer Film Festival, India
📺 SBS Television – 1-year on-demand screening
🎬 Official Selections: Narza Film Festival touring Italy 2024, Queer Screen Mardi Gras Film Festival, Stories in Light Sydney (300-show light artwork), Red Room Poetry Month, and We Are the Mainstream IWD Festival

Reviews:
🌟 "A true celebration of multiculturalism and the everyday stories that inspire us." – Vivienne Nguyen AM, Victorian Multicultural Commission
🌟 "Wow, stunning film and poetry." – Anne-Marie Te Whiu, Red Room Poetry

This is a call to action. Gather to live, not wait. Love, not hate.

  • Jacqui North
    Director
    'Chrissy', feature documentary, Berlin International FF, Feminale, 16 GLBTQI festivals, SBS TV in Australia, Danish and American TV broadcasts.
  • Sara Saleh
    Writer
    InshaAllah
  • Candy Royalle
    Writer
    Candy Royalle & Freed Radicles 'Killing Us Softly'
  • Jacqui North
    Producer
    Lore of Love, Chrissy, Double Trouble, My Mother India, Intersex Exposition: Full Monty, Flight Club
  • Sara Saleh
    Key Cast
  • Candy Royalle (RIP)
    Key Cast
  • Jamie James
    Videographers
  • Emma Paine
    Videographers
    Halal Gurls
  • Scott Turner
    Videographers
  • George Malouf aka Tonalist
    Music
  • Project Title (Original Language):
    Hobb wa Thawra
  • Project Type:
    Documentary, Experimental, Short, Other
  • Genres:
    Slam poetry, citizen journalism, hybrid documentary, women of colour, intersectional feminism, queer, non-binary, First Nations, light artwork, installation, LGBTQI, Gender-Diverse
  • Runtime:
    6 minutes
  • Completion Date:
    May 14, 2021
  • Production Budget:
    5,000 USD
  • Country of Origin:
    Australia
  • Country of Filming:
    United States, Australia, Palestine, State of
  • Language:
    Arabic, English
  • Shooting Format:
    RED
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
  • Digital Cinema Package:
    Unavailable
  • Multicultural Film Festival
    Melbourne
    Australia
    August 26, 2021
    Melbourne
    Winner Open Category
  • Queer Screen - Mardi Gras Film Festival
    Sydney
    Australia
    February 23, 2020
    Australian Premiere
    Official Selection
  • Curated Stories in Light
    Sydney
    Australia
    May 19, 2021
    300 shows as an intstallation light-artwork x 5 nights
    Official Selection
  • We are the Mainstream
    Sydney
    Australia
    March 8, 2020
    First Nations, Girls of Colour and Gender Diverse Students of Colour to celebrate and elevate their voices and visibility.
    Official Selection
  • Red Room Poetry Month
    Sydney
    Australia
    August 13, 2021
    Official Selection
  • SBS Television

    Australia
    Television
  • Colours of Love International Queer Film Festival
    Punjab
    India
    2021
    India
    Best LGBT Film Female Filmmaker 2021,
  • Dare to Struggle Film Festival
    Sydney
    Australia
    April 23, 2022
    Honourable Mention
  • Outfest Fusion QTBIPOC Film Festival
    Los Angeles
    United States
    April 8, 2022
    North American Premiere
  • Sydney Fringe Festival, residency, 2020
  • Nazra Film Festival, tour Italy, 2024
Director Biography - Jacqui North

Jax North (Jacqui) is a producer of events, video and art, with transformative activations to engage diverse communities up to 1.8 million people.

Jacqui initiated and produced ‘Contact Trace’, directed and produced 'Love & Revolution' and produced the light art festival ‘Curated Stories in Light’ Warrane/Sydney’s first independent light-art show in many years. Despite a covid -outbreak, 655 shows of 3 light-artworks were made available to over 3,000 site visitors.

Creative Producer/Director Jacqui North has a 20-year strong professional history of creating stories in collaboration with diverse artists, creatives, and performers especially First Nations, GLBTQI, refugees, and disabled creatives. Her bold audio-visual works have reached diverse audiences.

In August 2021 Jacqui won the top prize for the Multicultural Film Festival "Your film is a true celebration of multiculturalism and the everyday stories that inspire us." Vivienne Nguyen AM, Chairperson Victorian Multicultural Commission.

Jacqui has organised and curated 130 bespoke and large-scale activations, cultural programs, and screenings, across 20 years, in collaboration with 30 communities including Cairns, Darwin, Wilcannia, Babinda, and Sydney working for state, local and federal government agencies.

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Director Statement

Jax North directed and produced the award-winning light artwork and film ‘Love & Revolution’.

Made as a call to action and tribute to Candy Royalle. After Candy’s death from ovarian cancer in extensive consultation with family Jacqui commissioned writer/performer Sara Saleh, Australia’s most awarded poet in 2021, Palestinian activist, Muslim, and human rights lawyer.

From 2020-2021 Jax initiated, curated, and delivered Sydney’s first independent light installation in many years ‘Curated Stories in Light’. As Creative Producer, Jacqui premiered three light installations across three unique colonial Sydney sites with blak, brown, and queer stories. Jacqui initiated site agreements, did publicity. As well as producing the festival she produced two of the light artworks. Despite a Covid-outbreak in the festival window the light-artworks available over 5 nights in May 2021 to 3,000 site visitors.

“I was so inspired by my experiences during Covid, creating fully accessible spaces in the city centre for public interactions. To hear stories, meet people, and intensely connect with our complicated history."

Berlinale winner Teddy Award 2000 for 'Chrissy' feature documentary
https://www.teddyaward.tv/en/archive/?a-z=1&select=C&id_film=386