Breaking Fast was a breakout hit on the 2020 LGBTQ film festival circuit. Audiences of all persuasions sparked to the film’s mix of romance, faith, food, and witty comedy of gay manners.“What is general across all of the response is that this story is so authentically specific and nuanced,” says the film’s out gay writer-director Mike Mosallam. “It sits in a very culturally specific intersection” of lead character Mo’s complicated identity as a gay man who practices Islam.
With the film marking its official VOD and digital release, Mosallam hopes audiences embrace the nuance and culture, as well as the romance between hunky doctor Mo and All-American white guy Kal, “even if some of the other stuff feels foreign to them.”Mosallam, who grew.