Organized by the Taiwan Women’s Film Association (台灣女性影像學會), the Fluid Sexuality International Film Festival (情/慾‧流動 專題影展) focuses on sexual and gender identities, featuring a selection of 11 films that range from mainstream entertainment to challenging documentary.
On the entertainment side, Kicking Out Shoshana, the festival’s opening film is a romantic comedy from Israel. Tenderly Crunch by South Korean filmmaker Jang Young-sun is a musical short involving a couple of toothsome heartthrobs.
From Gregg Araki, a key figure in independent American cinema noted for his 2004 queer classics Mysterious Skin, Kaboom is a quirky comedy that revolves around a bisexual college student and his misadventures.
Photo courtesy of Taiwan Women’s Film Association
In the non-fictional realm, Tie and Red Nail centers on a group of Brazilian artists, musicians, designers and other creative types who call themselves “genderfuckers,” to explore the idea of constructing one’s own body image.
The festival also offers a chance to revisit past LGBT works. The selected films include Taiwanese director Leste Chen’s (陳正道, 2006) Eternal Summer (盛夏光年) and All About Love (得閒炒飯, 2010) by Hong Kong film maestro Ann Hui (許鞍華).
The festival runs until tomorrow at Spot Huashan Cinema (光點華山電影館), 1, Bade Rd Sec 1, Taipei City (台北市八德路一段1號). Tickets are NT$120 at the door and available online through www.dingok.com. For more information, visit yes38.pixnet.net/blog (Chinese).
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