“The Queen of Ireland” Visits Shanghai

ShanghaiPRIDE Film Festival 2019 will return in June. Before the opening of ShPFF, we have prepared a series of warm-up events. Are you ready to enjoy the LGBTQ films with us?

The documentary, The Queen of Ireland, will be screened at IVI Movie next Friday 24-May, in partnership with the Consulate General of Ireland in Shanghai. Panti Bliss, the star of the film, will come to Shanghai and share the behind-the-scenes stories with the audiences.

The Queen of Ireland
(2015)

An uplifting documentary about Ireland’s superstar drag queen Panti Bliss as she rises from the “giant cartoon woman” to one of the highest profile activists in the LGBTQ community. Within mainstream media, Rory O’Neill and his drag alter-ego Panti Bliss are commentators on the fringes, standing on the outside, looking in and saying the unsayable.

Conor Horgan’s five years in the making documentary follows Rory’s journey of self-discovery against the backdrop of Ireland’s 2015 referendum on marriage equality. From dancing on stage with Cyndi Lauper in Japan in 1994 to becoming a national scapegoat, to causing a global online sensation at the Abbey Theatre in 2014, Panti Bliss has constantly defied neat categorisation. Instead, Rory forges a powerful, persuasive and hugely popular new voice in Irish society at the exact moment the LGBTQ community – and the entire country – needed it most.

ShanghaiPRIDE representatives were at Panti Bliss’s talk show at the 2017 Syndey Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras.

Special Screening:

ShPFF X Consulate General of Ireland, Shanghai

Date：2019-05-24

Time：19:00-21:30

 Venue：IVI Movie

Address：

4F, 1829 West Beijing Rd (near Wanhangdu Rd), Jing’an District

RSVP please scan QR code

Special thanks to Consulate General of Ireland, Shanghai.