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Film Screening: Sa Bangji (사방지)
TweetThe 1998 Korean film Sa Bangji (사방지) will be screened on Saturday, October 26th by the Korea Queer Archive. From the Wikipedia entry:Sa Bang-ji is a hermaphrodite, born to a hardened criminal and...
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Seoul's LGBT Film Festival is Traveling!
TweetFrom Girl PrincesFor those of you who weren't able to make Seoul's 15th LGBT Film Festival back in May, you have a chance to see some of the movies as the film festival hits the road. The film...
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All Day Play Day
TweetIf you missed the queer shorts shot on smart phones festival, you have another chance to see the films on December 22nd, 2012.Split into four different themes (Queer News, Power Dating, Literary...
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Short Films: Suddenly Last Summer (지난 여름, 갑자기 ) and Going South (남쪽으로 간다)
TweetI saw Leesong Hee-il's (이송희일) two short films Suddenly Last Summer (지난 여름, 갑자기) and Going South (남쪽으로 간다) last night. I believe it was the first screening with English subtitles, which makes me...
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The 15th International Woman's Film Festival in Seoul
TweetWhile Jeonju's film festival only had one queer film (seriously, just one!), the Woman's Film Festival in Seoul has a whole section, Queer Rainbow, devoted to queer cinema! The festival starts on...
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Queer Films at the International Women's Film Festival in Seoul Schedule
TweetThe English website for the International Women's Film Festival in Seoul (IWFFIS) is up, so I thought I'd help my readers out a bit and post the times and dates for the films in their Queer...
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Queer Offerings at the Busan International Film Festival 2013
TweetI'm a bit behind on this, but I thought I'd let my readers know of queer films at BIFF (Busan International Film Festival) this year.The festival started on October 3rd and will be going on until...
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Our Weekend: Books, Board Games and the Busan International Film Festival
TweetIt's that time of year again where cinemas all over Busan are showing international films, and especially the area around Shinsegae is really busy and has a great atmosphere. Because I hadn't been...
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Gay Short Film Festival 2: The Gays Are Coming
TweetIt looks like this short film festival is on its way to becoming an annual event!Last year's 특징 (special feature) was how all the films were created using Smart Phones. This year, a majority were...
View ArticleThoughts on Dol 돌
TweetI shared the trailer for Andrew Ahn's Dol (First Birthday) back in May of 2012. Stupid me forgot to share the entire short film with my readers since its completion. We played the film as part of...
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Queer Links from the Week
TweetPromotional Poster for Night FlightAllKPop: Hong Suk Chun cutely flaunts his pink couple outfit with Paris HiltonBeyond Hallyu: Korean Films in Review: Night FlightKorea Herald: 'Priscilla,' much...
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Screening of Short Films at the Circle Foundation
TweetOne of my good friends directed one of the short films at the upcoming Imagine Short Film Festival.Although the films are not necessarily gay-related, my friend's film (titled Sinchon) does have a...
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Reading List: The Pollen of Flowers and The Subversive Strain in Modern...
TweetAdam Nicholson at All Over Korea wrote an article recently on The Pollen of Flowers (화분), which is apparently one of the first films to contain a gay relationship in Korean film. The film sounds...
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An Insider’s Guide to BIFF
An Insider’s Guide to BIFF Tweet An Insider’s Guide to BIFF Printable PDF Version Planning Your ScheduleChoosing Your Films Read the Guide What country is it from? Subtitles The “Guest...
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Crowdfunding for New Queer Korean Film: Butterfly
Tweet99 Film's new queer movie Butterfly is being crowdfounded on GoodFunding aiming for 2 million won in donations (about 2 thousand dollars). 99 Film has used this method for other films (such as 20)...
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The Seoul LGBT Film Festival Travels the Country: This Weekend in Gangneung
TweetIf you weren't able to attend the LGBT Film Festival in June, you have another chance to see it as it has screenings on Saturday and Sunday across the country. This weekend it is in Gangneung.As...
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Another Queer Weekend: Queer Films in Cheongju and GFIS meetup in Seoul
TweetIt's the weekend!!! Unfortunately, it looks a bit dull in terms of queer events, but I'm sure next weekend will more than make up for it. (Halloween = Gay Christmas)The traveling Queer Film...
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Reading List: Male Homosexuality in the King and the Clown Hybrid...
TweetJeeyoung Shin's Male Homosexaulity in the King and the Clown Hybrid Construction and Contested Meanings is found in the 18th Volume of the Journal of Korean Studies and is available for free...
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Korea Queer Film Festival Day 2: Friday
TweetScreen shot from So Refreshed playing Friday June 19th at 5 p.m.As I mentioned earlier, I'm aiming to write a quick post for the movies playing each day at the 2015 Korea Queer Film Festival....
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Queer Film- Butterfly: The Adult World
TweetQueer Movie Butterfly's newest film will be screening through the end of July in select theaters in Seoul. Check out the trailer below:A follow-up to 2013's 20, Butterfly: The Adult World is a...
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