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Selected for the 27th Busan International Film Festival and the 33rd Singapore International Film Festival, Baby Queen provides a poignant perspective on Asian queer realities through the life of drag queen Opera Tang. A film that authentically addresses the themes of family and romantic challenges, the quest for self-acceptance, and the complexity of identities in an intolerant society.
In presence of the director Yuan Bin Lei on March 17, 2024 at Concordia University — J.A. de Sève in Montréal
Word of direction
Through a slice of life of drag queen Opera Tang, we observe the changing attitudes towards queer people in Singapore.
- Yuan Bin Lei
Selected for the 27th Busan International Film Festival and the 33rd Singapore International Film Festival, Baby Queen provides a poignant perspective on Asian queer realities through the life of drag queen Opera Tang. A film that authentically addresses the themes of family and romantic challenges, the quest for self-acceptance, and the complexity of identities in an intolerant society.
In presence of the director Yuan Bin Lei on March 17, 2024 at Concordia University — J.A. de Sève in Montréal
Word of direction
Through a slice of life of drag queen Opera Tang, we observe the changing attitudes towards queer people in Singapore.
- Yuan Bin Lei
Other festivals:
Visions du Réel, Switzerland (2023)
KASHISH Mumbai International Queen Film Festival, India (2023)
Busan International Film Festival, World Premiere, South Korea (2022)
Singapore International Film Festival, Singapore (2022)
Visions du Réel, Switzerland (2023)
KASHISH Mumbai International Queen Film Festival, India (2023)
Busan International Film Festival, World Premiere, South Korea (2022)
Singapore International Film Festival, Singapore (2022)
| Director | Yuan Bin Lei |
| Production | Wan Ping Looi |
| Cast | Opera Tang, Ada Heart, Lau Ohor Ang |
| Music | Kin Leonn |
In Partnership with
Session
• Université Concordia - J.A. de Sève, LB-125, Pavillon J. W. McConnell
Sunday, march 17, 2024, 02:00 p.m. — 03:30 p.m.
Production
Yuan Bin Lei
Yuan Bin Lei is a director, editor and cinematographer. Lei is known for 03-FLATS (2014), which competed in Busan, and I Dream of Singapore (2019), which premiered at the Berlinale. His fifth feature, Baby Queen premiered at Busan. He is a founding member of film collective 13 Little Pictures.
Biographical notes provided by the film production team
Biographical notes provided by the film production team
Selected titles:
I Dream of Singapore (2019)
03-FLATS (2014)
I Dream of Singapore (2019)
03-FLATS (2014)
In the same session
Université Concordia - J.A. de Sève, LB-125, Pavillon J. W. McConnell
Sunday, march 17, 2024, 02:00 p.m.
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