24th(2022)
Opening Film (1) | Discovery (12) |
Asian Shorts (20) | I-Teens (6) |
New Currents (26) | The Landscape of Here in Now (5) |
Polemics (6) | Queer Rainbow (7) |
Feminist Collective (9) | The moments with Yeri HAN (10) |
Remembering Oblivion (4) | Restored (10) |
Film X Gender (2) | Barrier Free (1) |
Documentary Ock Rang (2) | Special Screening (1) |
In Memory of KANG Soo-yeon (1) |
SEO Ahhyun
Asian Premiere
Queer My Friends is a documentary about Seo Ahhyun, who has lived as a cisgender Christian for her whole life but struggles to change when her best friend, Song Gang-won, comes out as gay. Although Ahhyun can¡¯t get a job or be separated from her parents after college, making a film is more urgent for her. Ahhyun wants to film her dear friend, who came out five years after leaving for the United States with dreams of becoming a musical actor. This makes Ahhyun encounter the perspective that breaks down her world for the first time. To her surprise, Ahhyun gets to know Gang-won as he truly is. This moves her from out of the limitations that a non-queer creator has with viewing queer culture. This documentary observes Gang-won¡¯s life for a few years, slowly and in-depth, and is a positive step toward a queer-friendly society. It offers to share ponderings about how to see people living in a different world, how to live with them, how to share friendship with them, and how to encourage each other. [YEOM Eunyoung]
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