ShanghaiPRIDE Film Festival Opening Night

June 19th
Time: 3:00PM
Afterparty: 7:30PM
Venue: The Pearl – 471 Zhapu Rd (nr. Wujin Rd)

ShanghaiPRIDE Film Festival Opening Night

It’s the night! On June 19th, ShanghaiPRIDE Film Festival will officially return for its second year! Come to the Pearl for a night of absolute glamour featuring the premiere of our opening film Tangerine in mainland China, the Award Ceremony for this year’s Short Film Competition and the screening of the winner and runner-up of the Best Film Award.

Tangerine
Director: Sean Baker|2015 USA

It’s Christmas Eve in Hollywood, and working girl Sin-Dee has just returned from six weeks in jail to discover that her pimp boyfriend has been cheating on her with a cis-gender woman. With her best friend in tow, she tears through town all-out for payback against the man who broke her heart. Sean Baker’s film was one of the biggest and most groundbreaking independent hits of last year. Casting two transgender actresses in the lead roles of Sin-Dee (Kitana Kiki Rodriguez) and Alexandria (an historic multi-award winning performance by Mya Taylor), Tangerine is honest, hilarious and heartbreaking in equal measure. Powerful performances are matched by insane visuals, and the film is unique for being the first major motion picture to be shot entirely on the iPhone 5S.

Short Film Competition Awards

We are proud to support filmmakers from around the world. Our short film competition aims to promote Chinese queer narratives. Our industry judges preside over 5 categories, with the winning Best Film will be presented at Iris Prize (UK), with a chance to win £30,000 in production funding. The Opening Night will see a screening of the winner and runner-up for ShanghaiPRIDE Film Festival Short Film Competition, along with our award presentation.

Opening Party

Rouge your lips and zip up your party boots as we kick off this year’s festival with our Opening Party for ShanghaiPRIDE Film Festival. Missed out on tickets for the film? We’ll throw open the doors from 7:30pm to all party queens. The Pearl will be offering food service from its legendary kitchen throughout the evening.

To register, visit our websitehttp://www.huodongxing.com/go/ShPFF2016Opening

If you want to learn more about the program, please follow ShanghaiPRIDE WeChat Account or at http://shpride.com/films/

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