Ratchapoom Boonbunchachoke, Red Aninsri; Or, Tiptoeing on the Still Trembling Berlin Wall, film still, 2020.
[ID: film still showing a street scene at night. A person in a red coat with their back to us walks past shuttered storefronts. A figure in a dark coat, with bright blonde blow-dried hair leans out from behind a wall, peering after the other person.]
8.50pm Friday 17th September
On the 17th of September, join us for a late evening screening of a six stylistically striking films about resilience and confrontation, showcasing the power of queer identity to challenge existing norms and break through boundaries.
Queer East is an LGBTQ+ film festival that showcases rarely-seen queer cinema from East and Southeast Asia. Seeking to amplify the voices of Asian communities in the UK, the festival explores the forces that have shaped the current queer landscape in Asia, and aims to encourage more inclusive narratives. The second edition of Queer East Film Festival takes place across London from 15 to 26 September, with three dates here at The Horse Hospital on the 17th, 23rd, and 24th.
Handscape (2019), dir. Yi-Ru Chen [19 mins, China] - Xia Qing has a hearing impairment and a deep love of dancing. When a rare opportunity arises to join a dance company, he seeks his mother’s approval by using the silent language of his fingertips.
How To Die Young in Manila (2020), dir. Petersen Vargas [12 mins, Philippines] - A teenage boy trails a group of young hustlers, thinking one of them may be his anonymous hook-up for the night. But as he makes his way across the city, the hustlers inexplicably appear as dead bodies strewn along the pavement.
Soy Sauce / Nuoc Tuong (2020), dir. Sarnt Utamachote [5 mins, Germany] - Marriage, especially between LGBT+ persons, is a means of securing one’s place in another country but can lead to inequalities and power conflicts. This film is about spatial territories, gastronomic practices, personal memories, camouflaged identities, and political resistance.
The First Conversation Between Frank and I (2018), dir. Ohm Phanphiroj [13 mins, Thailand, USA] - This video artwork explores complex issues of intimacy between a straight soldier and a gay artist. Frank was an army infantryman who aspires to become a model and an actor. After four months of online communication, he went AWOL to come and see the filmmaker in New York City.
The Ant-Man (2018), dir. Viet Vu (Pham Quang-Trung) [27 mins, Vietnam] - The Ant-Man is about the search for freedom, depicting the daily life of a homosexual man whose body is inhabited by ants.
Red Aninsiri; Or, Tiptoeing on the Still Trembling Berlin Wall (2020), dir. Ratchapoom Boonbunchachoke [30 mins, Thailand] - The queer espionage film made in the tradition of Cold War-era Thai dubbed film. A ladyboy prostitute-turned-spy is assigned a mission to impersonate a cisgender man, in order to investigate a student activist.
Total Running Time: 106 min
Tickets available via the link below:
The Horse Hospital is hosting five programmes as part of Queer East Film Fest 2021. Tickets for each screening can be bought separately, or you can purchase a “QE2021 X THH Pass” that gives you full access to all events held here, plus 10% off drinks.
Save time and money - five programmes, one pass, only £22.50.
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