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- Golden Gate Girls (2013) Director: S. Louisa Wei. Hong Kong. Filmmaker and scholar S. Louisa Wei spent three years reconstructing the life and career of Esther Eng, a Chinese-American filmmaker born in San Francisco who worked in the USA and Hong Kong in the 1930s and 1940s.
- In the Absence of the Sun (2014) Director: Lucky Kuswandi. Indonesia. This lyrical exploration of female desire is directed by Lucky Kuswandi, known for the camp superhero caper Madame X. This is an altogether more restrained affair, unfolding over a single night in Jakarta and following three interweaving storylines, including one about a lesbian couple reconnecting after a period apart.
- The Handmaiden (2016) Director: Park Chan-wook. South Korea. The Handmaiden is perhaps Park Chan-wook’s masterpiece, a psychological thriller set in Japanese-occupied Korea, inspired by Sarah Waters’ novel Fingersmith.
- Malila: The Farewell Flower (2017) Director: Anucha Boonyawatana. Thailand. Directed by Anucha Boonyawatana, one of Thai cinema’s most compelling LGBTQ+ voices, Malila: The Farewell Flower is about a terminally ill man who seeks solace in crafting Bai Sri ornaments, exquisite flower sculptures used in religious ceremonies in Thailand.
Jul 6, 2021 · To mark the Pride season this year, Queer East returns to cinemas across London with a diverse set of films from China, Indonesia, Japan, Taiwan, and the UK, exploring how culture, law, history, and social norms have shaped the current queer landscape in East and Southeast Asia.
Sep 12, 2024 · Queer East Festival, an LGBTQ+ film festival representing Eastern and Southeastern Asian filmmakers, has announced a UK tour.
Aug 12, 2020 · In July, they launched the ‘QE: Docs4Pride’ online series coinciding with Pride season, which included “four free-to-stream documentaries about queer resistance and activism in East and Southeast Asia, aiming to amplify the voices of those marginalized in the LGBTQ+ community.”
Nov 1, 2020 · Until January 2021, LGBTQ+ films from East and Southeast Asia will be showing at cinemas in London, Manchester, Nottingham, and Bristol, and online for audiences across the UK.
Jun 6, 2021 · Queer East is an LGBTQ+ film festival aiming to showcase rarely seen queer cinema from, and about, East and Southeast Asian countries. Our mission and goal is to amplify the voices of the Asian community in the UK. What do you aim to achieve in creating Queer East Film Festival?
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Yi Wang is the director and programmer of Queer East, a festival aiming to showcase rarely seen LGBTQ+ cinema from East and Southeast Asia and amplify the voices of Asian communities in the UK.
