Queen Tut

Queen Tut (2024)

Lip sync for your mother's life

Upon the loss of his mother, an Egyptian teenager leaves his home of Cairo to live with his father in Toronto. Parachuted into the underground queer nightlife in Toronto, he confronts his mother's death, much to his father's disapproval, by taking up the ways of drag and becoming Queen Tut.

Date of release
2024-02-23
TMDB
3.0 / 10 (2)
Runtime
1h 30m
Genres
Drama, Comedy
Director
Reem Morsi

Casting

Interesting facts

Queen Tut is a 2023 Canadian coming-of-age drama film, directed by Reem Morsi.

Production and distribution

The film entered production in Toronto in 2022, with shooting locations including Nathan Phillips Square, the Church and Wellesley village, and Cinespace Film Studios. In addition to appearing in the film, Billings was also an executive producer, alongside Sonya Di Rienzo and Aeschylus Poulos.

The film was screened at the Cannes Film Market in May 2023. It premiered at Reeling: The Chicago LGBTQ+ International Film Festival in September, before going into commercial release in February 2024.

It is slated to air on Crave in June 2024 for Pride Month.

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