"Papa Rainbow" Chinese Queer Feminist Film Screening + Dialogue Series #3

Featuring documentaries and independent films created by Chinese queer feminists, this screening+dialogue series speaks about marginalized individuals' journeys of resistance and empowerment in the past decades where we witnessed increasing crackdowns on China’s queers and feminists communities. We invite you to join as we hope this series can gather Chinese diasporas and queer allies as a community in solidarity despite state surveillance wanting to break us into isolated fragments.

Our third movie focuses on fathers of LGBTQ+ individuals in China and challenge our stereotypes about fathers! The screening will be followed by a pre-recorded Q&A from the director Fan Popo, and we strongly encourage you to stay for a facilitated discussion among participants.

Invite your papa and mama to join us!

LOCATION: Centre A Chinatown (2nd floor of the Sun Wah Centre and is wheelchair-accessible via elevator; parking is available in the building)

DONATION: suggested $5 - $20 (all funds towards the filmmake and PFLAG China)

DATE & TIME: Sunday, 2PM sharp, November 24, 2024.

ABOUT THE FILM:

DOCUMENTARY, China 2016, 80 mins

Directed by Fan Popo

Produced by Queer Comrades, PFLAG China

In China, most families have difficulties facing their lesbian, gay, bisexual and/or transgender (LGBT) children. They have to contend with common social beliefs that homosexuality is shameful, abnormal, a perverted condition caused by deviant family relationships. Many parents see their kids as their property, and fathers often assert their authority to ensure that no harm comes to the family reputation.

The documentary features six Chinese fathers who talk openly and freely about their experiences with their LGBT children. Speaking out against discrimination and stigma, they redefine what it means to protect a household. They fully embrace their kids for who they are, and become pioneer activists fighting for an equal and diverse society.

彩虹伴我行
紀錄片 中國 2016 80分鐘
導演：范坡坡
出品：同志亦凡人，同性戀親友會

在中國，大部分家庭難以面對同性戀、雙性戀、跨性別的孩子。許多父母把子女當作自己的財產，而父親在家庭中更是扮演著權威角色。男權、專制、保守，這些詞彙是否就是「爸爸」的名字？

四年前，我們拍攝了《彩虹伴我心》，如今又邀請六位父親與家人一同現身，分享他們的故事。他們來自中國不同地區，擁有不同的文化背景與生活經歷。面對孩子的「出櫃」，他們曾經歷過複雜的情感波動。而如今，除了接受自己的孩子，他們還勇敢地邁出了你無法想像的一步！

在兩個為期兩天的戲劇工作坊中，面對巨大的挑戰，彩虹老爸們將帶來讓你意想不到的演技爆發！打破傳統男性氣質的固有規範，解放對性取向的僵化思維，用實際行動將愛進行到底！

ABOUT THE FILMMAKER:

Popo Fan is a queer filmmaker, writer, and activist from China, where his queer documentary films have made a notable impact. Since 2016, he has concentrated on writing and directing scripted, sex-positive shorts. He is the co-founder of the Queer University Video Training Camp and has been an organizer of the Beijing Queer Film Festival for more than a decade. Popo was invited to sit on the jury of the Teddy Award of the Berlinale in 2019. He is currently based in Berlin developing his fictional feature debut.

范坡坡是一位酷兒導演、作者和活動家。 作品中影響力最大的莫過於“彩虹家庭三部曲”，包括《櫃族》、《彩虹伴我心》、《彩虹伴我行》三部作品關注於同志出櫃議題，引起巨大社會反響。 除此之外他參與組織北京酷兒影展十餘年，也是酷兒大學視訊訓練營的發起者之一。 2012年，香港同志影展授予他「玲瓏大獎」以表彰其在同志影像、平權的不懈努力。 2017年，他獲選參與柏林影展「天才訓練營」。 2019，他更擔任柏林影展泰迪熊獎評審。 目前他居住柏林正著力發展自己的劇情長片首作。

ABOUT THE ORGANIZERS:

Curator: soya

Producer, graphics: Alger Liang

This event is open to public.

Chinese Queer Feminist Film Screening + Dialogue Series is a Vancouver-based, non-profit project. All donations collected in this event will be sent towards the filmmake and PFLAG China.

We welcome queers, feminists and allies. Please be reminded that this space requires participants to respect others’ identities and experiences as LGBTQ+, and feminists, their willingness of disclosing their identities in any ways, and to respect their pronouns use, name and gender expression. We are against any kinds of misogyny, any phobia (e.g., homophobia, biphobia, transphobia, and aphobia), ableism, racism, sexism, mansplain and any other discriminatory ideology.

We acknowledge that this event take place on the ancestral and unceded territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Skwxwú7mesh Úxwumixw (Squamish), and səl̓ilwətaɁɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations. We continue to reflect on our connection with this land through the lens of anti-oppression and decolonization.

Host or Publisher Chinese Queer Feminist Film Series YVR