Beijing stepped into summer overnight and here we are in the passionate May now. To respond to the International Day against Homophobia and Transphobia, we are starting up the third China Queer Film Festival Tour (CQFFT). A collection of new films will be shown and you will not want to miss them. This year, asall ticket sales will be donated to Beijing LGBT center for its operational expenses.
Date:
2pm – 6pm, Sunday, May 16th, 2010 (Gentlemen’s session)
2pm – 6pm, Sunday, May 23rd, 2010 (Ladies’ session)
Location: Crystal Club
Admission: 30 RMB (including one complementary drink)
Address: Tower 12, Wanda Plaza, CBD (Central Business District), Eastern Thrid Ring Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing
Tele: 59603177
Direction: Take Subway Line 1 to Dawanglu Station and take Exit D, then walk 300m to the west to the crossing of West Langjiayuan Road and Jinghui Street. We are right there at the southwest corner.
Programme：
Films on 16th : Cowboy forever, Comrades, you’ve worked hard! ,Chinese closet
Guest speakers：
Jianggang Wei (Director of Queer Comrades)
Niu Nie (Founder of “Gaygraphic”, planner of “Mr Gay China”)
Fan Popo ( Co-Coordinator of China Independent Films, Director of Chinese Closet)
Luke Zhao (Founder of Gayspot magazine, interviewee of Chinese Closet)
Synopsis：
Cowboy forever, will take you to the other side of this planet and show you the sexy Argentinian cowboys, and their man-to-man romance. Comrades, you’ve worked hard! is a documentary of the “Mr Gay China” contest, recording every detail from the beginning to the end. It will show you the unique and unparalleled experience within the contest. Chinese Closet is apparently about coming out from the closet. Are you still in the closet today?
Films on 23th: Toilet, Lesbian Kiss, Other, Goodbye Antonia, ShiBan, Shallow Sleep, Hong’er
Guester Speakers：
Dengyang( Director of Hong’er)
Fengling (Graphic designer of China Queer Independent Films, Director of Shallow Sleep)
Liu Xing (Producer of ShiBan)
Xiao Hei (Editor of Les+ magazine,Co-Founder of Beyond Boundaries Support Group )
Synopsis：
Toilet and Lesbian Kiss are short films produced by “Nutong Xueshe, Hong Kong”. Other tells the story of same-sex marriage in California, United States. Goodbye Antonia, and ShiBan, which are from Germany and China respectively, focuses on the same topic – transgender (from female to male). Shallow Sleep is an animation full of imagination. Hong’er tells the story of a lesbian woman in a rural village.
*Guester speaker attending.
Organizer：中国酷儿独立影像小组 China Queer Independent Films
Co-Organizer：同语Common Language
Community Sponsor：北京酷儿影展Beijing Queer Film Festival，同志亦凡人Queer Comrades，《点》杂志Gayspot Magazine，Les+ Magazine，北京同志中心Beijing LGBT Center
场地支持Venue Sponsor：水晶吧Crystal Club
媒体合作Media Sponsor：淡蓝网danlan.crg，爱白网aibai.cn，拉拉后花园 lessky.com,飞赞网feizan.com
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China Queer Independent Films
China Queer Independent Films（CQIF）was founded in March 2008 by a group of LGBT artists, activists, critics, and fans, through mass media, aiming to improve LGBT people’s self-identity, and enhance the visibility of LGBT in society by creating, screening and promoting queer independent films, and challenging mainstream media and films about the LGBT community, CQIF strives for rights and freedom towards sexual orientation and sexual identity.
Email：cqif.contact@gmail.com
How to get the information of China Queer Film Festival Tour?
1，豆瓣小组Douban Group：www.douban.com/group/queerfilms/
2，新浪博客Sina Blog：blog.sina.com.cn/cqueerif
3，加入邮件组Google Group：qiac@googlegroups.com
