Taiwan-produced films and shorts make up a significant portion of the 2025 Queer East Festival April 23-May 18 in London, the Ministry of Culture said April 23.
With support from the Cultural Division of the Taipei Representative Office in the U.K., more than 10 Taiwan films were selected for this year’s event, with topics ranging from gender identity and emotion exploration through social movement and the environment issue. The lineup includes “A Journey in Spring” directed by Wang Ping-wen and Peng Tzu-hui, “Murmur of Youth” by Lin Cheng-sheng, and “Walker” by Tsai Ming-liang.
Among the shorts are “Flesh Offer” directed by Hung Chung-che; “To Pee or Not to Pee” by Chen Yen-chu; and several works by multimedia artist Cheang Shu-lea including “Fingers and Kisses” and “Sex Fish.” Some of the shorts will be screened around the U.K. in the second half of the year, the MOC said.
The ministry added that a group exhibition entitled “{ guttural },,,{ fleshless }” including works from Taiwanese American artist and video game creator Dri Chiu Tattersfield will be part of the festival’s visual arts exhibition April 26 through May 17 . Literature will be featured at the festival for the first time, the ministry said, noting that author Chi Ta-wei will speak about his novel “The Membranes” and take part in a seminar with Hong Kong writers Eric Yip and Ewen Ma to discuss the history and future development of Asian queer literature.
According to the TRO in the U.K.’s Cultural Division, Taiwan is the first country in Asia to legalize same-sex marriage and has long been committed to advocating for freedom of expression and creativity. The screening of works from Taiwan in the festival demonstrates the country’s artistic prowess on the global stage while further deepening multicultural exchanges between Taiwan and the U.K, it added.
Established in 2020, Queer East is a cross-disciplinary festival that showcases boundary-pushing LGBTQ+ art from East and Southeast Asia and its diaspora communities via the mediums of live performance and the moving image. (YCH-E)
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With support from the Cultural Division of the Taipei Representative Office in the U.K., more than 10 Taiwan films were selected for this year’s event, with topics ranging from gender identity and emotion exploration through social movement and the environment issue. The lineup includes “A Journey in Spring” directed by Wang Ping-wen and Peng Tzu-hui, “Murmur of Youth” by Lin Cheng-sheng, and “Walker” by Tsai Ming-liang.
Among the shorts are “Flesh Offer” directed by Hung Chung-che; “To Pee or Not to Pee” by Chen Yen-chu; and several works by multimedia artist Cheang Shu-lea including “Fingers and Kisses” and “Sex Fish.” Some of the shorts will be screened around the U.K. in the second half of the year, the MOC said.
The ministry added that a group exhibition entitled “{ guttural },,,{ fleshless }” including works from Taiwanese American artist and video game creator Dri Chiu Tattersfield will be part of the festival’s visual arts exhibition April 26 through May 17 . Literature will be featured at the festival for the first time, the ministry said, noting that author Chi Ta-wei will speak about his novel “The Membranes” and take part in a seminar with Hong Kong writers Eric Yip and Ewen Ma to discuss the history and future development of Asian queer literature.
According to the TRO in the U.K.’s Cultural Division, Taiwan is the first country in Asia to legalize same-sex marriage and has long been committed to advocating for freedom of expression and creativity. The screening of works from Taiwan in the festival demonstrates the country’s artistic prowess on the global stage while further deepening multicultural exchanges between Taiwan and the U.K, it added.
Established in 2020, Queer East is a cross-disciplinary festival that showcases boundary-pushing LGBTQ+ art from East and Southeast Asia and its diaspora communities via the mediums of live performance and the moving image. (YCH-E)
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