Wicked Queer 33

SHORT FILM PROGRAM

#BKKY

Saturday

,

Apr 8

@

8:00 pm

With in person.
Director
Nontawat Numbenchapol
Year
2016
Run Time
75
min
Country
Thailand
Language
Thai
PROGRAM Time
minutes
Content warning:
The director interviewed 100 teenagers aged 17- 19 in Bangkok and then created this feature that blends documentary style with dramatic intersections. All sorts of passions, preoccupations and questions about sex, gender and life choices come up and get talked about with open minds and hearts. A captivating and vividly imaginative work that encapsulates the experience of growing up in modern Bangkok.
This film is presented in
Thai
with English subtitles.
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This short film program includes the following films:

Escaping Agra

23
min 
Content warning:
After being held against their will in India when their gender and sexual orientation is discovered, Naveen Bhat battles their parents in court and pieces their life back together. (Naveen's pronouns are they/them) Dir. Pallavi Somusetty. 23 min. USA. 2016.
DIRECTOR
Pallavi Somusetty
COUNTRY
USA, India
LANGUAGE
English
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Ireland
2016
95
 min