The King sized "Big Tasty"

The documentary is about discrimination against LGBTQ+ people in Russia. In the life of 40-year-old Dana, there were one suicide attempt, fights with homophobes, drug abuse and a broken heart. Living in Russia, she is not afraid to speak openly about her sexual orientation and gender identity, despite of facing violence and discrimination. However, Dana doesn't despair and finds solace in watching TV shows and eating the King sized Big Tasty.

  • Angelina Podorozhnaya
    Director
  • Angelina Podorozhnaya
    Writer
  • Angelina Podorozhnaya
    Producer
  • Project Title (Original Language):
    Большой Биг Тейсти
  • Project Type:
    Documentary, Short
  • Genres:
    Drama, documentary, LGBT, Short
  • Runtime:
    13 minutes 25 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    August 10, 2023
  • Country of Origin:
    Russian Federation
  • Country of Filming:
    Russian Federation
  • Language:
    Russian
  • Shooting Format:
    digital
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
Director Biography - Angelina Podorozhnaya

Angelina Podorozhnaya was born in Siberia, Krasnoyarsk city. She was studying at The High Courses for Scriptwriters and Film Directors (the course of Vladimir Menshov, Vladimir Tumaev and Natalya Ryazantseva) from 2015 to 2018. She was director of the short film "The Bitches" (Honorable mention of the competition program of the 24th Open Festival of Student and Debut Films "Sacred Anna", 2017), the short documentary "Nicotine virginity" (Participant of the out-of-competition program "Environment" 12th International Documentary Film Festival "ArtDOCFest", 2018; Participant of the 5th International Film Festival "8 women", 2019), the documentary "The legalized pain" (Participant of the competition program "ArtDOCWeb" 13th International Documentary Film Festival "ArtDOCFest", 2019; The Special prize of the Canadian Embassy in the Russian Federation at the 25th International human rights Film Festival "Stalker", 2019; The Special prize of the Rose Luxembourg Fund at the 6th International Film Festival "8 women", 2020), the short documentary "The king-sized Big Tasty" (Participant of the out-of-competition program "Environment" 14th International Documentary Film Festival "ArtDOCFest", 2020-2021), the short documentary "Martha Is in August" (Participant of the out-of-competition program "Environment" 14th International Documentary Film Festival "ArtDOCFest", 2020-2021), the short documentary "The Unfreedom" (Participant of the competition program at the Women Documentary Film Festival "Sisterhud.doc", 2022), the short documentary "The six billboards" (Participant of the out-of-competition program "ArtDocFest/Online" 16th International Documentary Film Festival "ArtDOCFest", 2023)

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