THE AMAZING TRUTH ABOUT QUEEN RAQUELA - dir.OLAF DE FLEUR

Synopsis: Raquela is a transsexual—or “ladyboy”—from the Philippines who dreams of escaping the streets of Cebu City for a fairy tale life in Paris. In order to make her dreams come true, she turns from prostitution toward the more lucrative business of Internet porn. Her success as a porn star brings new friends, including Valerie, a ladyboy in Iceland, and Michael, the owner of the website Raquela works for. Valerie helps Raquela get as far as Iceland. From there, Michael offers her a rendezvous in Paris. Will Paris be everything she dreamed of? And will Michael turn out to be her Prince Charming?

Original title: The Amazing Truth about Queen Raquela
Genre: Drama
Language: English / Filipino

Director: Olaf de Fleur
Scriptwriter: Olaf de Fleur, Stefan Schaefer
Main cast: Raquela Rios, Stefan Schaefer, Valerie Grand, Brax Villa, Via Galudo
Editor: Olaf de Fleur, Dagur Kári
Cinematographer: Butch Maddul
Music: Pavel E. Smid
Producer(s): Olaf de Fleur, Arleen Cuevas, Helgi Sverisson, Stefan Schaefer
Co-producer(s):
Production company: Poppoli Pictures
Co-production company: Cicala Filmworks
International sales & distribution: Visit Film, 89 5th Ave. Suite 1002 New York, NY 10003, rk@visitfilms.com
Website: www.queenraquelathemovie.com / www.poppoli.com

Country: Iceland
Length: 80 minutes
Screening format: Hdcam / Digibeta          
Production format: HD
Premiere date and year: February 10th 2008

Festivals
Berlin Internatinal Film Festival 2008 - Teddy Awards
Novisad Serbia 2008
IFF Artfilm Slovakia 2008
Karlovy Vary 2008
Melbourne International Film Festival 2008
QueerDoc Sydney Australia 2008
Atlantic Film Festival in Halifax 2008
Helsinki International Film Festival 2008
Calgary Intl Film Fest 2008
Rio Fest 2008
Warsaw Film Festival 2008
Cinemanila International Film Festival 2008 - Grand Jury Prize
Copenhagen Gay and Lesbian Film Festival 2008
Hamburg Int'l Lesbian Gay film festival 2008
International Documentary Film Festival of Guía de Isora, Miradas-doc 2008
Mar del Plata International Film Festival 2008
The London Transgender Film Festival 2008
Free Zone Belgrade Film Festival 2008
Scanorama (Vilnius) 2008
Thessonoliki International Film Festival 2008
Stockholm International Film Festival 2008
Kuala Lumpur Film Festival 2008
Zinegoak Film Festival 2008 - Best Feature Film
!fistanbul 2009
Flipside (UK) 2009
Moscow International Film Festival 2009
... and more.