Rejected by his family for his queerness and oppressed by his country for the same, reckless Libyan teenager “Britannia” gets an interview at the British embassy, taking him one step closer to his childhood dream of stepping foot on Manchester’s Canal Street, the pulsing queer center of the world. But first he must return home to retrieve his passport and face his past. 

About the filmmakers

Sam Arbor is a queer writer and director from Manchester. In 2020, his play ‘butterfly’, telling untold queer stories from across history, played at the VAULT festival (2020) to rave reviews, with The Guardian hailing it as a ‘brilliant show full of heart’. In film, he won the BFI’s ‘most promising newcomer’ award aged 16. He is currently assistant to multiple BAFTA winning director Euros Lyn (Sherlock, Black Mirror, Happy Valley.)

Adam Ali is a British Libyan actor and director striving to celebrate queer Muslim visibility. He recently received a Film Independent Spirit Award nomination for his performance as 'Zain' in the season finale of Apple TV's Little America. Directed by NBC's Queer As Folk reboot director Stephen Dunn, Adam starred alongside Haaz Sleiman as they told the story of a gay Syrian refugee who dreams of being openly gay. Recently, Adam played the lead in Europa, a new Italian American feature directed by Haider Rashid. Europa has received the prestigious Proxima Award at the Milano Film Network, and 1st prize at Cairo Film Connection.