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2020 French film

If It Were Love


French	Si c'était de l'amour

Directed by	Patric Chiha
Produced by	Charlotte Vincent
Cinematography	Jordane Chouzenoux
Edited by	Anna Riche
Production company	Aurora Films
Release date	February 22, 2020 (2020-02-22) (Berlinale)
Running time	82 minutes
Country	France
Language	French

If It Were Love (French: Si c'était de l'amour) is a French documentary film, directed by Patric Chiha and released in 2020. The film profiles the professional and personal lives of the dancers in Crowd, a touring piece by choreographer Gisèle Vienne about the rave scene of the 1990s.

The film had its theatrical premiere in February 2020 in the Panorama Dokumente stream at the 70th Berlin International Film Festival, where it won the award for Best Documentary from the Teddy Award program for LGBTQ-themed films.

The film had its public theatrical premiere in France in March 2020.

References

Fabien Lemercier, "Review: If It Were Love". Cineuropa, February 23, 2020.
^ Vincent Dieutre, "Patric Chiha : une expérience du temps et des nouveaux états de l’amour (Si c’était de l’amour)". Diacritik, March 9, 2020.
Michael Rosser, "Berlinale unveils first films for 2020; Matteo Garrone’s ‘Pinocchio’ first special gala". Screen Daily, December 17, 2019.
Meza, Ed (February 29, 2020). "'There Is No Evil' Wins Golden Bear at Berlin Film Festival". Variety.

External links

If It Were Love at IMDb

v t e Films directed by Patric Chiha
Domain (2009) If It Were Love (2020) The Beast in the Jungle (2023)

v t e Teddy Award winners for Best LGBT Documentary Film
1980s	Rights and Reactions: Lesbian and Gay Rights on Trial (1988) Tiny & Ruby: Hell Divin' Women (1989)
1990s	Tongues Untied (1990) Paris Is Burning (1991) Voices from the Front (1992) Silverlake Life (1993) Coming Out Under Fire (1994) Complaints of a Dutiful Daughter (1995) The Celluloid Closet (1996) Murder and Murder (1997) The Brandon Teena Story (1998) The Man Who Drove with Mandela (1999)
2000s	Paragraph 175 (2000) Trembling Before G-d (2001) All About My Father (2002) Talk Straight: The World of Rural Queers (2003) The Nomi Song (2004) Feline Masquerade (2005) Beyond Hatred (2006) A Walk Into the Sea: Danny Williams and the Warhol Factory (2007) Football Under Cover (2008) Fig Trees (2009)
2010s	The Mouth of the Wolf (2010) The Ballad of Genesis and Lady Jaye (2011) Call Me Kuchu (2012) Bambi (2013) The Circle (2014) The New Man (2015) Kiki (2016) Small Talk (2017) Tranny Fag (2018) Lemebel (2019)
2020s	If It Were Love (2020) Alis (2022) Orlando, My Political Biography (2023) Teaches of Peaches (2024)

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