Sundance Film Festival 2024, BFI Flare 2024
Layla is a struggling Arab drag queen who hides their insecurities behind a radical facade. Performing at a corporate Pride party, they catch the eye of Max, a successful white gay man whose attention sweeps Layla off their feet. The two start an intoxicating romance, but as Layla starts to alter who they are in order to keep Max’s affections, they both have to face uncomfortable truths.
Amrou Al-Kadhi is a British-Iraqi writer, drag performer, and filmmaker whose work primarily focuses on queer identity, cultural representation and racial politics. Al-Kadhi made a cameo appearance in the 2021 Sony's Spider-Man Universe (SSU) film Venom: Let There Be Carnage as a temporary host of the title character. Layla is is feature debut.
Independent Entertainment