Tag: China

In the Turn
Director: Erica Tremblay
Country & Year: USA, 2014
English with Chinese Subtitles

In The Turn tells the story of the Vagine Regime, a collective of queer female roller derby enthusiasts whose passion for sport and ferocious sisterhood has empowered and inspired women and girls around the globe. The film follows several of their core members as they embark on new life journeys. One proposes to her long time girlfriend, another completes her journey to becoming a woman. At the heart of the story is a nine-year-old trans girl, who after years of bullying is inspired by the Vagine Regime to take up roller derby and regains her confidence and identity. As mothers, sisters, teachers and friends, they create a space through sport which is for all in a world which has so often given them none.

《在转变》
导演：艾丽卡·特朗伯雷
地区及时间：美国，2014
英文配音中文字幕

《在转变》讲述了Vagine Regime，一个酷儿女子轮滑俱乐部的故事。这些轮滑爱好者对运动的热忱以及动人的姐妹情谊不断激励着世界各地的女性。这部电影关注与几个俱乐部主要成员展开新的人生旅程时的经历。其中一个成员向她的长线女友示爱求婚，另一个则完成了从女孩到女人的过渡。故事的核心是一个9岁的变性女孩。在历经多年的欺凌后，她受到Vagine Regime的激励，拾起轮滑鞋，并重获自信与自我认同。作为母亲、姐妹、老师以及朋友，这些人通过运动的形式为所有常常不被世界所接受的人创造了一个包容的空间。

*For ShanghaiPRIDE full list of events please visit www.shpride.com.

On its third day of event, ShanghaiPRIDE Film Festival (ShPFF) brought to the audience a hefty discussion around marriage equality, with the support of Consulate General of Switzerland in Shanghai. The ‘Documenting Marriage’ panelists were filmmaker Yuan Yuan, Swiss Consul General Sacha Steiner and Scott Chang, who made headlines last year after marrying his British boyfriend in Beijing, China.

Screening were Chinese documentary Our Marriages: When Lesbians Marry Gay Men and Swiss docu-drama The Circle. The Taste of Memory – Their Tomato was also screened as part of ShPFF’s support for local filmmaking talents.

Our Marriages: When Lesbians Marry Gay Men follows two lesbian couples in their twenties, who founded an online forum for contract marriages. An unusual and often hilarious observation piece, the films exposes the audience the complicated reality of contract marriage in China. The director, Yuan Yuan, opened up the discussion by pointing out marriage as a cultural phenomenon is more of a performance than an institution of actual meanings.

Scott Chang shared his personal experiences of marriage, offering that he liked the tradition and valued it as an expression of love. The figure of 60million gay men in China being married to heterosexual women startled him, he said.

Sacha Steiner, who opened the evening with a powerful proclamation of support for LGBTQ globally, and a reminder of the places were equality is far from achieved, spoke about his decision to bring Teddy Award winning The circle to Shanghai.

The Circle is the story of the first legally married same-sex couple in Switzerland. Through recreated scenes from the early involvement in magazine and ball circuit ‘Der Kries’, they share how their love and lives have grown in the face of adversity.

ShanghaiPRIDE Film Festival will continue with glamor until Sunday, June 21st, featuring a series of screenings, panel discussions, and a filmmaking workshop, attempting to shed a rainbow of acceptance and love to the rainy season of the city. More information and a downloadable digital program can be found at www.shpride.com/films.

Written by Jack Yan & Matthew Baren

Queer Artivism
Director: Masa Zia Lenardic & Anja Wutej
Country & Year: Slovenia, 2013
Chinese & English subtitles

Shortly after coming out, filmmakers Masa and Anja found themselves at Ljubljana Gay and Lesbian Film Festival. Their first encounter with the queer world left them wondering, ‘What are queer film festivals like outside of Slovenia?’ The result was Queer Artivism, a wild roadtrip through a landscape of queer film festivals. This hit documentary takes in five cities and five festivals on a shoestring budget. Why are film festivals important, how do movies advance our movement? Follow them as they explore the places that inspire and the people who organise celebrations of art and activism in the queer cinema.

《酷儿艺术行动主义》
导演：马萨·齐亚·勒那迪克&安佳·乌特
地区及时间：斯洛文尼亚，2013
中英文字幕

出柜后不久，电影人马萨和安佳来到了卢布尔雅那同志电影节。她们与酷儿群体的第一次接触让他们发问：“斯洛文尼亚外面的酷儿电影节是什么样子的？”这个问题最终促成了Queer Activism，一次穿越众多酷儿影节的疯狂旅行的诞生。这部热门纪录片以极为微薄的预算记录了五座城市与五场电影节。电影节为什么很重要，电影又是如何推进我们的运动的？追随他们的脚步，一起探索那些鼓舞人心的地方以及那些在酷儿影线组织活动庆祝艺术与平权运动的人们。

*For ShanghaiPRIDE full list of events please visit www.shpride.com.

Out & Around
Director: Lauren Fash & Ryan Suffern
Country and Year: US, 2015

“Equality is not a western invention.” Hilary Clinton’s remark beseeches no doubt. However, what is equality really like in other parts of the world, and how are queers in non-Western countries fighting for their deserved equality? Out of fascination and concern, adventurous American lesbian couple, Jenni and Lisa, decided to leave their 9-5 jobs in San Francisco, pick up a video camera, and travel through Asia, Africa and South America in search of the people who are leading the movement for LGBT equality. Combining intimate verite and video-journal footage of this couple’s year-long journey with their interviews of LGBT leaders across the developing world, Out & Around documents the momentous changes occurring in the status of queer people around the world today.

《走出来》
导演：劳伦·法什 & 瑞安·沙芬
地区及时间：美国，2015

“平等不是一种西方干预。”希拉里·克林顿一语中的。然而，世界其他地区的平等问题到底是怎样的？非西方国家的酷儿们又是如何为自己应得的平等而奋斗的？出于好奇与担忧，极具冒险精神的美国女同性恋者珍妮与丽莎决定抛下自己在旧金山朝九晚五的工作，拾起摄像机，穿越亚非拉，寻找在各地领导LGBT平等运动的人们。《走出来》将细腻的现实与一年旅途中和发展中国家LGBT领袖们的采访影像结合在一起，记录了今日世界各地酷儿群体地位发生着的重大变化。

*For ShanghaiPRIDE full list of events please visit www.shpride.com.

We Want Kids Too (Wij willen ook een kind)
Director: Mirella van Markus
Country & Year: Netherlands, 2014
Dutch with Chinese & English subtitles

Filmmaker Mirella van Markus seeks the ideal arrangement of having a child with her wife Claudia. Despite their strong desire to have children, there are worries and doubts. Can they justify raising a child in a family which society doesn’t always look upon with tolerant eyes? And as a co-mother, will Mirella have the same unconditional link with her child as Claudia, the biological mother? Mirella’s quest leads her to lesbian parents, children born of artificial insemination, and a developmental psychologist; she even winds up on the sofa of an adviser who counsels people with a desire to have children. We Want Kids Too is a personal, emotional quest in which two women share their worries, doubts, hopes and disappointments.

《我们也想要孩子》
导演：米雷拉·范·马库斯
地区及时间：荷兰，2014
荷兰语配音，双语字幕

电影人米雷拉·范·马库斯寻找和她妻子克劳迪娅生育小孩的理想建构。除去想要孩子的强烈愿望以外，他们有担忧和顾虑。她们能够在一个并不完全兼容的社会中抚养小孩吗？ 米雷拉的疑问让她接触了一些女同性恋父母、经人工授精成长的孩子、发展心理学家、甚至那些面对想要小孩之人的顾问。《我们也想要孩子》是一个个人的、充满情感的提问，两个女人分享了他们的担忧、疑惑、希望以及失望。

*For ShanghaiPRIDE full list of events please visit www.shpride.com.

Iridescence, love, glamor – ShanghaiPRIDE Film Festival (ShPFF) launched its opening on Sunday 14th June at one of the city’s most historic theatres, The Pearl. Organized entirely by volunteers, ShanghaiPRIDE is able to bring a part of its cultural traditions to a whole new level in its 7^th year with the launch of ShPFF. With an immensely diverse audience crowd from within and outside of China and the attendance of industry professionals, the opening night was a huge success.

Cheng Peipei, the renowned mainland-born Hong Kong actress, also made her way back to her hometown in support of the first public screening of her work Lilting in China. The spotlight was shared by short film A Straight Journey: Days and Nights in Their Kingdom, winner of Best Film in the ShPFF  2015 short film competition. The directors were in attendance, Beijing duo masamojo.

A Straight Journey: Days and Nights in Their Kingdom represents the strongest voice in this year’s short film competition of ShPFF and takes home two major awards: Best Film Award and Queer Vision Award. It is ShPFF’s mission as well as challenge to support and provide a platform for emerging Chinese filmmakers in queer cinema worldwide. As part of that commitment, ShPFF will send masamojo’s film to Iris Prize (UK) for a chance to win £30,000 in production funds.

The night also announced a complete list of award winning short movies, all of which will be screened free to the public throughout the week at different venues of the city.

During the screening of Lilting, Cheng Peipei sat at the balcony as the audience below dived into the melancholy of her character in the film. The crowd broke into waves of applause as Peipei walked up to the stage afterwards for a Q&A. When asked about the theme of the work, Cheng Peipei expressed that the Lilting had transcend the mere discussion of sexuality and self-identity, but rather touched the core of all barriers among people, which is a lack of communication and the refusal to accept love. The response largely resonated with ShPRIDE’s theme for the year: Love is Our Future.

The Opening Party kicked off shortly after the Q&A, featuring a staple of Shanghai party scene, Mau Mau. Electro house beats filled the vintage theatre to celebrate the opening of a whole week of queer cinematic delights.

written by Jack Yan

The Circle (Der Kreis)
Director: Stefan Haupt
Country & Year: Switzerland, 2014
German with Chinese & English subtitles

Based on true stories, The Circle (Der Kreis) is a docudrama about the lifelong romantic relationship between Ernst and Röbi, who met through Switzerland’s first gay association – Der Kreis. With interviews of the now elderly gentlemen, historical footage from the 50s, and dramatized representations based on their accounts on the gay life in postwar Zürich, the film looks back from the present to the time of Der Kreis’ rise and fall. Ernst, a schoolteacher, and Röbi, a flamboyant drag queen, later became one of the first to enter registered partnership in Switzerland. Besides depicting their love story, the film further serves as a powerful testimony to the legacy of Der Kreis, which remains one of the world’s most important journals promoting the legal and social rights of gay men.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u_qO03QFGT8

《圈子》
导演：斯特凡·霍普特
地区及时间：瑞士，2014
德语配音，中英文字幕

基于真实故事的《圈子》是一部关于恩斯特与罗比一生浪漫情感的文献片。恩斯特与罗比第一次相遇是在瑞士的首家同性恋组织 — “圈子”。利用对已是暮年的几位绅士的采访、对50年代历史影像的发掘、和对战后苏黎世同性恋生活的夸张再塑，这部电影的视角从当今跨越至“圈子”的兴衰。恩斯特，一位教师，和罗比，一位艳魅的变装皇后，随后成为了瑞士首批登记伴侣关系的一对。除了描绘了两人的爱情故事之外，电影还是“圈子”遗产的一个有力证明。“圈子”至今仍是当今世界上支持同性恋法律及社会权益的重要期刊之一。

*For ShanghaiPRIDE full list of events please visit www.shpride.com.