---
title: 'A Jihad for Love (2007)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Parvez Sharma'
released: '2007-09-09'
runtime_minutes: 81
genres:
  - 'Documentary'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/a-jihad-for-love-2007'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0780046/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# A Jihad for Love (2007)

2007 · 81 min · Documentary · United States


## Synopsis

A Jihad for Love is a 2008 documentary film written and directed by Parvez Sharma and was the world's first film on Islam and homosexuality. It took a total of six years to make and premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival in September 2007. It premiered at the Berlin Film Festival in 2008 as the opening documentary film for the Panorama section.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Parvez Sharma](https://cinepixo.com/people/parvez-sharma)
- **Screenplay:** [Parvez Sharma](https://cinepixo.com/people/parvez-sharma)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Richard Horowitz](https://cinepixo.com/people/richard-horowitz), [Sussan Deyhim](https://cinepixo.com/people/sussan-deyhim)
- **Producer:** [Sandi Simcha DuBowski](https://cinepixo.com/people/sandi-simcha-dubowski)
- **Director of Photography:** [Parvez Sharma](https://cinepixo.com/people/parvez-sharma)
- **Editor:** [Juliet Weber](https://cinepixo.com/people/juliet-weber)

## Cast

- [Abdellah Taïa](https://cinepixo.com/people/abdellah-taia)

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Official site: http://www.ajihadforlove.com/
Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/a-jihad-for-love-2007
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