CHINA QUEER FILM FESTIVAL TOUR

Dear Gals and Guys, Cinks and Conks

Last week I got Queer Film Festival Invitation from BGLAD, one of Beijing Gay and Lesbian community. Unfortunately, I'm not lived in Beijing anymore. I think no problem if I post that invitation just for information. If you are in Beijing now, you can come to this event for represent me.

SCHEDULE：

Saturday 17 October, 3pm

《美美》 MeiMei Director：Gao Tian 82mins 2005

Saturday 24 October, 3pm

《无声风铃》Soundless Wind Chime Writer, Drector：Kit Hung 100mins 2009

Saturday 31 October, 3pm

《誌同志》Queer China ,‘Comrade’ China Director：Cui Zi’en 60mins 2008

《新前门大街》New Beijing, New Marriage Director：Fan Popo, David Cheng 18mins 2009

《雅歌》Song of solomon Writer, Drector：Meng Nuo 18mins 2009

ORGANIZER: China Queer Independent Films

CO-SPONSORS: Common Language, les+, Queer Comrades, Beijing Queer Film Festival, Gayspot

MEDIA PARTNERS: Danlan.org, Aibai.cn, Lessky.com

"The Return Of Meimei"

DATE: Saturday 17 October, 3pm

A lot of queer people remember Meimei from her glamorous drag shows in the Beijing gay bars. The documentary "Meimei" gives us some insight in her fabulous and complicated life. The star herself will be present at the Boat, making a long-expected return to the Beijing stage.

《美美》 MeiMei

Director：Gao Tian 82mins 2005

This film won the jury award at the Gwangju International Film Festival in Korea.

Meimei is a drag queen in Beijing, China. In 2004 she finds the man of her dreams, a man who accepts and loves Meimei for who she is. They get married and hold a public wedding ceremony. Meimei is very confident about their future together. She decides to follow her husband to Shanghai and gives up all the stability and security she built up after many years of hard work in Beijing. She wants to start a new life. Her friends hold a “Meimei Farewell Concert”, an event at which the Beijing gay community says goodbye to her. Things don't turn out as planned for Meimei however. Her marriage turns out to be brief and not happy at all. She comes back to Beijing soon, embarrassed to see old friends while falling into worse financial straits than ever before.

Special Guest Appearance:

Meimei

Famous Beijing drag queen who is the main star of the documentary "Meimei".

Gao Tian

Director of "Meimei". Born in Shanxi Province, graduated in 2003 from the directing department of the Beijing Film Academy. His most important works include the documentary "Meimei" and the feature film "Twilight Dancing".

"A Cross-border Romance"

DATE: Saturday 24 October, 3pm

After reaping success in Berlin and Turin, "Soundless Wind Chime" has been shown at almost every gay film festival in the world. New generation director Kit Hung tells the moving story of a cross-border romance in this visually beautiful film shot in Hong Kong, Beijing and Lucerne. Enjoy the trip!

《无声风铃》Soundless Wind Chime

Writer, Drector：Kit Hung 100mins 2009

This film was a Teddy Award Nominee at the Berlin International Film Festival and won the Audience Award, a Special Jury Mention and the Award for Best New Director at the Turin GLBT International Film Festival.

Soundless Wind Chime is the poetic journey of Ricky, searching for the lost soul and the past of his deceased Swiss lover – Pascal. The film shows a battle of love, lust, reality, memory and illusions and the grief everybody bears every day.

Special Guest Appearance:

Kit Hung

Born in 1977, graduated from the MFA program in the Department of Film, Video and New Media in School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Soundless Wind Chime was developed during his study in Chicago and it is his debut feature, which he has been working on for 5 years.

"Comrades, You Have Worked Hard"

Date: Saturday 31 October, 3pm

Do you want to know more about LGBT history in China? Do you want to know what happened at the Beijing Qianmen same-sex marriage advocacy event on Valentine's Day 2009? These documentaries give you an insiders' view of the world of queer comrades in China. As a cherry on top of this red cake, we'll also show a short fiction film made in honor of the 4th Beijing Queer Film Festival. The filmmakers will be present at the Boat for a Q & A session with the audience.

《誌同志》Queer China ,‘Comrade’ China

Director：Cui Zi’en 60mins 2008

This film won the Audience Award for Best Documentary at the 24th Turin GLBT International Film Festival.

During the 30 years that have passed since the reforming and opening up of China, more and more attention has been paid to the topics of gender and sexual orientation. Male sexism and heterosexual hegemony have been challenged and revised by feminism and by the LGBT-focus on diversity in sexual orientation. China’s sexual history has progressed along a winding road during these past 30 years. The main obstacles surrounding the advancement of sexual ideas, sexual behaviour and sexual mediums have been conservatism and a deep-rooted reluctance to change.

In this feature length documentary, we interviewed 30 prominent figures in the LGBT community. By documenting and preserving a significant part of our history, we aim to investigate the present and explore the future.

《新前门大街》New Beijing, New Marriage

Director：Fan Popo, David Cheng 18mins 2009

Before the Beijing Olympics, the Qianmen Street was renovated into a popular shopping and tourist spot. On February 14, 2009, the Valentines Day, a gay couple and a lesbian couple chose to have their wedding photos taken on the Qianmen Street. It was a beautiful Spring Day in Beijing. People who witnessed the event include local residents and tourists from all over the country. Would they understand what was going on? Did the branded ‘New Beijing’ also bring about ‘new concepts’ about love and marriages?

《雅歌》Song of solomon

Writer, Drector：Meng Nuo 18mins 2009

“Do you really have to go?!”

Six words.

Two stories about facing reality, memories, perseverance and hope.

Special Guest Appearance:

Meng Nuo

Born in Urumchi, Xinjiang

1998-2000

Journalist & editor of “music life” newspaper

1999 join into the acting of “men and women” edited by Cuizien, directed by Liu Bingjian.

2000, acted in the movie “old appointment” directed by Cuizien.

2004, acted in the movie “stone and NANA” directed by Cuizien.

2006, acted in the movie “the only child” directed by Cuizien.

2007, independently edited, directed and acted the short movie “song of Spring”, and acted in the movie of “meet you again”, “suitcase”, “Ads for marriage”.

2009, independently edited, directed and acted the short movie “song of Solomon”

Fan Popo

Born in Jiangsu in 1985. MA from Department of Film Studies, Beijing Film Academy. First-class and second-class scholarship winner, Reader Prize from the Academy library, excellent student …

2007 ‘Feminism in Cinematic Representations of Lesbianism’, Third Prize in the LGBT Research Paper Prize, Chi-Heng Foundation; ‘Relax, Queer’, Second Prize in the sina.com’s parize for online video; Happy Together: Complete Record of a Hundred Queer Films (Beifang Wenyi Press, 2007); graduated from Beijing Film Academy; attended the LGBT Civil Rights Movement of Taipei; organizer of Beijing Queer Film Festival.

2008 The Good Days (documentary) attended the 5^th China Documentary Film Festival; From Tsinghua to Qinghai, attended the World Urban Forum IV; photographer for Queer China (documentary) , attended the 3^rd Beijing Independent Film Festival; Taipei: The City of Rainbow (documentary)

2008 Joined Chinese Independent Queer Film Group; organizer of the 1^st Chinese Independent Queer Film Tour, travelled to more than ten cities in China with his documentaries; editor in chief of the Gayspot magazine’s literary pages and columnist for ‘Popo’s clumn’ about queer film.

2009 New Beijing, New Marriage (documentary) ; Paper House (in progress), selected for the Cnex foudation Annual Theme.

Ps : Please Block all the hidden part. I don't know why I can't show that part.

Grey_S