ShanghaiPRIDE Film Festival 2012

June 21, 2012

ShanghaiPRIDE, now in its 4th year will be hot and fabulous again in 2012 with dates confirmed for June. The week-long event will be held over June 15-23, with the final weekend landing on the Dragon boat festival. Organized by the ShanghaiLGBT group and partnering with several local LGBT organizers there will be a myriad of activities under this year’s ShanghaiPRIDE banner. To support or get involved in ShanghaiPRIDE2012 send an email to shanghaipride@gmail.com.

Xindanwei is pleased to collaborate with ShanghaiPRIDE to present LGBT-themed films in conduction with this year’s celebration. This year’s theme is “Don’s Hide, Don’t Change, Be Proud”. There will be four movies to be screened in Xindanwei on 21th and 22nd of June. And for more information about other events of ShanghaiPRIDE, please refer to the official website.

Notice: This event is by reservation ONLY. Please complete the reservation form on this page before you come.

Films: Words I Will Never Say, Tomboys Don’t Cry
Time: 18:30pm, 21 June (Thursday)
Venue: Xindanwei, 50 Yongjia Road, Shanghai
Cost: Free

Words I Will Never Say
Country :China
Length :7mins
Director:Lauria
Release Year:2011
Intro:Nuannuan & Xiao Mi, the two girls are in love. Nuannuan ended her UK tour when she knew that Xiao Mi will be getting married. Nuannuan can only linger in their sweet memories. And then, allowing them to turn into tears in her heart.

Tomboys Don’t Cry
Country :China
Length :80mins
Director:Sky
Release Year:2010
Intro:The story is during their 22-28 years old, Zihan (T) and Xiao (T) met Shan (P) and Yezi (P) at S University at a party. Xiao and Yezi tried to match-make Zihan and Shan. However, when they were together for the fifth year, Shan got married and left. Zihan had a painful experience, but eventually she learnt and grew up.

Films: Speechless, Be A Woman
Time: 18:30pm, 22 June (Friday)
Venue: Xindanwei, 50 Yongjia Road, Shanghai
Cost: Free

Speechless
Country :Hongkong, China
Length :92mins
Director:Simon Chung
Release Year:2012
Intro:”Speechless” takes place at the border of a town in southern China. The young French exchange student lost his way out in a remote area near the river bank where he was found naked. And when he woke up, he was in the state of aphasia and amnesia, but he was fond of the medical officer, Xiao Jiang. The local police were prepared to send Luke to the mental hospital in the city to undergo psychological tests, but Xiao Jiang managed to convince everyone that Luke needs to be taken care of and he will send Luke to his uncle’s house. Although Luke failed to remember what happened, but Xiao Jiang found out that Luke is speechless due to a guy, Han. And when the memories came back, the truth is unbearable……

Be A Woman
Country :China
Length :84mins
Director:Popo Fan
Release Year:2011
Intro:The life stories of members of the biggest drag queen performance troupe in China.

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