Samantha Lee is a filmmaker who advocates for a better representation of women and the LGBTQ+ community in the local cinema. Her first film, “Baka Bukas” has...
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Hello everyone! Ever since I was a kid, I wanted to be an actress. I absolutely adored Greta Garbo. Far from her looks and even further from her talents, I ditched acting as a professional career option and went for film studies.
It must have been sometimes in my early teens, which is still too late if you look at the origin stories of my colleagues, I fell for action cinema and cinemas of the Far East. Depending on who asks, the answer to "why" question is either: 1/ The lighting style just hit me in the guts, or 2/ Have you really seen those men? (Up until now, I would welcome Han Suk-kyu to read me anything.)
I program the Asian sidebars "Eastern Promises" at Art Film Fest Košice and "Queer Asia" for Slovak Queer Film Festival. Both in Slovakia. I come from there.
Oh, and I talk quite a lot.
So long, and thanks for all the fish.
It is a Sunday night, a New Year's Eve. The Boy (Aeious) enters an empty gay night club. He is 18, he writes poetry and he is curious. Obviously new to the...
While the 13th Slovak Queer Film Festival includes in its line up a later Solito's queer jewel, let's have a look at the director's feature debut “The...
This the third year that the Slovak Queer Film Festival introduces a sidebar section focusing on Far East cinemas Queer Asia. In its 13th edition, the festival...
“My Father, the Bride” by Momoko Fukuda has its roots in the 2016 short film “Dad's Wedding”. It shows its LGBTQ hues proudly at the 14th Camera Japan (25-29...
This fascinating documentary about the diversity of Japan's sexual identities and orientations “Queer Japan” by Graham Kolbeins screens at the 14th Camera...
Slovak Queer Film Festival is the sole cinematic event in Slovakia dedicated to the films focusing on the stories and issues of the LGBTQ communities. It aims...
Yang Pingdao is a writer and director based in Guangdong province. He was born in Yangchun, Guangdong, in 1980, and graduated in film directing from the...
Documentaries falling into the human rights category can be tricky. The strength of the problem in focus tends to take over all other aspects that make a...
If you enjoy films that seduce your mind into artful plays of realities, times, and ideas, “My Dear Friend” by Yang Pingdao, screening at the 2nd Mulan...