Film Screening with Director (Fan Popo, independent filmmaker)

Thursday, February 09, 2023, 04:30pm – 06:00pm

Contact Louisa Schein (louisaschein@gmail.com)

This is the second part of a two-day event, “Encountering Queer China Through Film and Fieldwork.” The first part, a presentation by Wei Wei, “Family Matters: Chinese Queer Politics around the Rise of a Family-State,” takes place the day before. Click here for info about Wei Wei’s presentation. Both events are open to the public.

Films

1. “Mama Rainbow” (Fan Popo director, 2012, 28 mins.): 6 Mothers from all over China step up and speak out on their love for their gay kids

2. “Beer! Beer!” (Fan Popo director, 2019, 18 mins.): set in Berlin, Tao, a Chinese guy, meets Sebastian, a local German in this “anti-romantic comedy”

Respondent: Wei Wei

Bios

Popo Fan is a Berlin-based filmmaker, writer, and activist from China, where his queer documentary films have made a notable impact. Since 2016, he has concentrated on writing and directing scripted, sex-positive shorts. He is the founder of the Queer University Video Training Camp and has been an organizer of the Beijing Queer Film Festival for more than a decade. Popo was invited to sit on the jury of the Teddy Award of the Berlinale in 2019.