2025-04-10
AMSTERDAM/BRUSSELS - Gay & Grey is a documentary series by director Julia M. Free in a co-production with VRT Canvas and DeMensen. The series follows the daily lives of senior lesbian couples, aged 70 and above, whose relationships have stood the test of time.
Their decades-long partnership and choice for each other makes them pioneers in the search for identity and finding their place in society. They reveal the transformation from yesterday to today and shed light on the road ahead.
Gay & Grey gives a voice to a generation that is often overlooked, a segment of our society whose inner lives are rarely explored. The series shows how these couples managed to sustain their relationships in a world where they were not allowed to exist.
In doing so, it aims to address the persistent lack of lesbian representation (in age) and break the silence around older women's sexuality. With the potential to fundamentally change our view of femininity, old age and sexuality.
Supported
€12,500 allocated on 11/03/2024ID
LOCAL/2024/026Grant
Tags
PRINT/ONLINE
- Mag je oud zijn en gay?, Plus Magazine, 29/05/2024.
- Julia M. Free (33) miste lesbische rolmodellen. Dus ging ze zelf op zoek, Trouw, 10/04/2025.
- Vrouwenliefde voor het leven: ‘De sociale druk was zo groot dat ik zelfs twijfelde om terug te keren naar mijn vriend’, De Morgen, 19/04/2025.
- Lesbian love lives wanted: are you one of Brussels' hidden heroines?, Ket.Brussels, 07/05/2025.
RADIO
- Brusselse Julia wil docu maken over oudere lesbische koppels: 'Ze worden vaak vergeten', BRUZZ, 04/04/2025.
- Gay & Grey wil tekort aan lesbische representatie tegengaan, NPO Radio 1 — Spraakmakers, 22/04/2025.
- Documentairemaakster Julia wil de liefde tonen: "Ik wil oudere, lesbische koppels een gezicht geven.", VRT Radio 2 — VRT Max, 28/04/2025.
COUNTRIES
- België
- Nederland
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