ShanghaiPRIDE 2012 Film Screening
ShanghaiPRIDE 2012 Film-Screening Schedule
ShanghaiPRIDE is pleased to collaborate with Alliance Francaise, Goethe Institut, Biblioteca Miguel de Cervantes and the Consulate General of the Kingdom of Netherlands in Shanghai to present LGBT-themed films in conjunction with this year’s celebration.
Free Entrance
| Day | Time | Film | Country | Venue |
| Mon 6/18 |
1830 | Wounded Flowers + Sharing | China | Alliance Francaise / Hongkou Center, 297 Wusong Rd by Tanggu Rd |
| 1930 | La naissance des pieuvres | France | ||
| Tue 6/19 |
1830 | My German Boyfriend | Germany/Canada | Goethe Institut / 101 Cross Tower, 318 Fuzhou Rd, Huangpu District |
| 1900 | Sascha | Germany | ||
| Wed 6/20 |
1830 | Our Story –10-year ‘Guerrilla Warfare’ of Beijing Queer Film Festival | China | Biblioteca Miguel de Cervantes / 198-208 Anfu Rd by Wulumuqui Rd, Xuhui District / |
| 1930 | Bad Education | Spain | ||
| Thu 6/21 |
1830 | Words I Will Never Say | China | Xindanwei / 50 Yongjia Rd by Shaanxi Nan Rd, Xuhui District |
| 1900 | Tomboys Don’t Cry | China | ||
| Fri 6/22 |
1830 | Speechless | Hongkong, China | Xindanwei / 50 Yongjia Rd by Shaanxi Nan Rd, Xuhui District |
| 2015 | Be A Woman + Sharing | China |
Film Synopsis
| Film | Synopsis | |
|---|---|---|
| Monday | Wounded Flowers China / Chinese English Subtitles Length: 40 mins Director: Tracey Release Year: 2006 |
A documentary of a Tomboy’s life alone in Shanghai, searching for love and self-discovery. The film is about Angel’s three relationships while she is working in Shanghai for a year. This film portrays the characters of lesbians. |
| La naissance des pieuvres France / French Chinese Subtitles Length: 85 mins Director: Celine Sciamma Release Year: 2007 |
Centered around a synchronized swimming team, the director’s debut studies the nascent sexuality of three teenage girls struggling with their own desires. “La naissance des pieuvres” delivers a simple and realistic message: whatever mistakes or choices these girls make, these are necessary steps in the much longer journey to help them find their own identity as women. | |
| Tuesday | My German Boyfriend Germany/Canada German+English Chinese Subtitles Length: 18 mins Director: Wayne Yung Release Year: 2004 |
A gay Chinese-Canadian encounters ethnic stereotypes as he seeks his ideal boyfriend in Berlin. |
| Sascha Germany / German English Subtitles Length: 101 mins Director: Dennis Todorovic Release Year: 2010 |
Life can be bloody complicated! Especially when you are 19, you feel you are ‘somehow’ gay, come from a Montenegrin immigrant family and are madly and secretly in love with your piano teacher. This is a film about immigrants in a German city, everyday family life in a multicultural neighborhood and the difficulties of openly talking about sexual inclinations. | |
| Wednesday | Our Story China / Chinese English Subtitles Length: 42 mins Director: Yang Yang Release Year: 2011 |
A story of Beijing Queer Film Festival since 10 years shot and recorded by each year’s organization committee. |
| Bad Education Spain / Spanish Chinese Subtitles Length: 105 mins Director: Pedro Almodovar Release Year: 2004 |
In the early 60s, two boys – Ignacio and Enrique – discover love, movies and fear in a Christian school. Father Manolo, the school principal and Literature teacher, both witnesses and takes part in these discoveries. The three characters come against one another two more times, in the late 70s and in 1980. These meetings are set to change the life and death of some of them… | |
| Thursday (Complimentary wine) Reserve Here |
Words I Will Never Say China / Chinese English Subtitles Length: 7 mins Director: Lauria Release Year: 2011 |
Nuannuan & Xiao Mi, the two girls are in love. But knowing that Xiao Mi will be getting married, Nuannuan ended her UK tour. Nuannuan can only linger in their sweet memories in the past. And then, allowing her tears to flow into her heart. |
| Tomboys Don’t Cry China / Chinese Length: 80 mins Director: Sky Release Year: 2010 |
The story is during their 22-28 years old, Zihan (T) and Xiao (T) met Shan (P) and Yezi (P) at S University at a party. Xiao and Yezi tried to match-make Zihan and Shan. However, when they were together for the fifth year, Shan got married and left. Zihan had a painful experience, but eventually she learnt and grew up. | |
| Friday (Complimentary wine) Reserve Here |
Speechless Hongkong, China / Chinese English Subtitles Length: 92 mins Director: Simon Chung Release Year: 2012 |
“Speechless” is a story that took place at the border of a town in southern China. The young French exchange student lost his way out in a remote area near the river bank where he was found naked. And when he woke up, he was in the state of aphasia and amnesia, but he was fond of the medical officer, Xiao Jiang. The local police were prepared to send Luke to the mental hospital in the city to undergo psychological tests, but Xiao Jiang managed to convince everyone that Luke needs to be taken care of and he will send Luke to his uncle’s house. Although Luke failed to remember what happened, but Xiao Jiang found out that Luke is speechless is due to a guy, Han. And when the memories came back, the truth is unbearable…… |
| Be A Woman China / Chinese English Subtitles Length: 84 mins Director: Popo Fan Release Year: 2011 |
The life stories of members of the biggest drag queen performance troupe in China. |
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Hi, I’m a editor of a japanese newspaper “Shanghai Japion”.
I knew from Time Out magagine about the event pride march,yesterday.
because I had joined same event in Japan,I am so excited in,I’d like to introduce on our newspaper.
if you have some more information, can you let me know?
especially, I want to know what kind of film title you planning to show.
sincerely,
Yuki Hosoya.
Hi Yuki,
Thank you for writing in. We would like to give you more information in a separate email.
ShanghaiPRIDE
Hello, just wondering about the language during the screening of Wounded Flowers 伤花 + Sharing 分享 and La naissance des pieuvres 水仙花, will it be in english?
Many thanks,
Ange
Hi Ange!
Wounded Flowers – Language/Subtitles: Chinese/English
La naissance des pieuvres – Language/Subtitles: French/Chinese
More info: http://www.shpride.com/films
ShanghaiPRIDE
do we have to pay for tickets?
Free entry for film screening. On Thu and Fri, there will be complimentary wine and soda.