| IV. Queer Kin A ( Totally 84 min): |
| A Girl Named Kai│Pussy │Silip│Chocolate│I'm OK |
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The family, especially (but not only) in the Chinese speaking world, is a sweet and bitter place. We often hear about gay and lesbian Chinese people (especially those in Europe and America) talk about the difficulties of coming-out and how it might jeopardize their relations with family. They are afraid that their parents may not be able to bear the shock, that the parents will feel like they have failed their own parents and relatives, that they may disown them. But we still have a chance to find a way out of the pains and struggles within “the family” to construct a new, positive relation with family. |
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【Queer Kin A 】Films' Introduction：
A Girl Named Kai
Kai Ling XUE∣2004∣Canada∣Experimental∣Color∣10min∣English dialogues∣Chinese & English subtitles
Three years in the making, shot in four countries, A Girl Named Kai is a brave and honest autobiographical vignette in three chapters about Kai Ling's relationships, self discoveries, passions, secrets and dreams. Using digitally edited Super 8 and 16mm film, this ten minute experimental short will take you through a true life journey from the highs of love to the lows of loss, delicately threaded together with original music.A Girl Named Kai sets out to challenge our society preconception of people who are considered Outsiders, while empowering the audience to continue to examine contemporary notions of internal and external social identities.
Pussy
Thanyathorn SIWANUKROH∣2004∣Thailand∣Fiction∣Color∣8 min∣Thai dialogues∣Chinese & English subtitles
Baeng and Som are both 17 years old, and they are best friends. Although Baeng has a boyfriend Tom, she still thinks that she loves Som. Therefore, Baeng decides to break up with Tom right after his birthday...
Silip
Malaya J. MENDOZA∣2002∣Philippines∣Drama∣Color∣13min∣English dialogues∣Chinese subtitles
A little boy, Nonoy, approaching adolescence, lived with her mother, and his “aunt”. One day he accidentally saw the intimate interaction between his mother and the “aunt”. Then he started to behave strangely. Her mother realized that Nonoy might have found out about their relationship and that she had taught him something about sexuality.
Chocolate
iri∣2000∣Japan∣Fiction∣Color∣27min∣Japanese dialogues∣Chinese & English subtitles
Mitsuru is a flirt. But there's this one girl who he truly loves. Not being able to tell his feelings towards her, he collects her garbage. Ichi is a photographer. One day, she decides to tell Haru, her model, that she loves her. On the very same day, Mitsuru finds a picture of Haru and her sister from her garbage bag. At last, he decides to tell her that he loves her.
I'm OK
KO Ju-young ∣2003∣South Korea∣Fiction∣Color∣26min∣Korean dialogues∣Chinese & English subtitles
A high school girl, Joo-hee doesn't feel she belongs to her family. She has a close friend, Hyun-mi. Even though Hyun-mi sometimes picks on Joo-hee, she tries to get along with her, because Hyun-mi is the only one she feels she belongs to. It is the same for Joo-hee's mother. She stays with her husband even when he's been beating and harassing her, because she thinks she belongs to him. One day, Joo-hee happens to know what really goes on. Would she be ok? Could she deal with all of this?
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