The documentary " This is reported on the official BAFTA website.

The film " It came out in 2020. It describes the events that were first reported in April 2017 by the Russian " Chechen authorities launch a campaign of repression against gays and lesbians. It was about hundreds of people who were persecuted and even killed. The main characters of the film are guys and girls who are trying to leave the republic, as well as activists - employees of the Russian LGBT network Olga Baranova and David Isteev, who help them in this..

According to Present Tense, the head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, said in an interview with HBO that gays are not persecuted in the republic.. There are simply no such people in Chechnya, according to Kadyrov.. However, activists note that the disappearances of gays and lesbians in Chechnya continue, and they themselves live in constant fear that they will be exposed..

In July 2020, the press secretary of the Russian president Dmitry Peskov said that the Kremlin has " He separately noted that Vladimir Putin " But, according to him, the president "

Film about gay torture in Chechnya shown at festival in Prague.