Asian Queer Film Festival
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Asian Queer Film Festival （AQFF） is a film festival
for sexual minorities
held in Tokyo
, Japan
. It screens only Asian films.
The festival began in 2007 is held every second year.
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Film festival
A film festival is an organised, extended presentation of films in one or more movie theaters or screening venues, usually in a single locality. More and more often film festivals show part of their films to the public by adding outdoor movie screenings...
for sexual minorities
Sexual minority
A sexual minority is a group whose sexual identity, orientation or practices differ from the majority of the surrounding society. The term was coined most likely in the late 1960s under the influence of Lars Ullerstam's ground breaking book "The Erotic Minorities: A Swedish View" which came...
held in Tokyo
Tokyo
, ; officially , is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan. Tokyo is the capital of Japan, the center of the Greater Tokyo Area, and the largest metropolitan area of Japan. It is the seat of the Japanese government and the Imperial Palace, and the home of the Japanese Imperial Family...
, Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
. It screens only Asian films.
The festival began in 2007 is held every second year.
2007 1st Asian Queer Film & Video Festival in Japan
Date- April 14 - 20, 2007
Place
- Cinema-Arton ShimokitazawaShimokitazawais a neighborhood in Setagaya, Tokyo. It consists of the neighborhood immediately surrounding Shimo-Kitazawa Station, where the Odakyū and Keiō Inokashira Lines intersect. Also known as "Shimokita", the district is a center for stage theater and live music venues. It is home to the historic Honda...
Films
- Love for ShareLove for ShareLove for Share is a 2006 Indonesian film directed byNia Di Nata. It was sent to the 79th Academy Awards as Indonesia's official submission for the Best Foreign Language Film, but was not nominated....
(2005, Indonesia) - Red DoorsRed DoorsRed Doors is a 2005 American film directed by Georgia Lee. The independent film features a Chinese American family.-Plot:Red Doors tells the story of the Wongs, a bizarrely dysfunctional Chinese-American family living in the New York suburbs. Ed Wong has just retired and plots to escape his...
(2005, USA) - The Blossoming of Maximo Oliveros (2006, Philippines)
2009 2nd Asian Queer Film Festival
Date- September 19 - 23, 2009
Place
- KINEATTIC in HarajukuHarajukuHarajuku is the common name for the area around Harajuku Station on the Yamanote Line in the Shibuya ward of Tokyo, Japan....
(Mini Theater)
Films
- Seeds of Summer (2007, Israel)
- The World UnseenThe World UnseenThe World Unseen is a 2008 historical drama film written and directed by Shamim Sarif, adapted from her own novel. The film is set in 1950s Cape Town, South Africa during the beginning of apartheid...
(2007, South Africa/UK)
2011 3rd Asian Queer Film Festival
Date- Date was changed due to 2011 Tōhoku earthquake. (May 20 - 22 & 27 - 29 ,2011)
- July 8 - 10 & 15 - 17, 2011
Place
- Cinemart RoppongiRoppongiis a district of Minato, Tokyo, Japan, famous as home to the rich Roppongi Hills area and an active night club scene. Many foreign embassies are located in Roppongi, and the night life is popular with locals and foreigners alike...
Films
- The Panda Candy (2007, China)
- The Secrets (2007, Islaer/France)
- Yes or No, So I Love You (2010, Thailand)
See also
- Kansai Queer Film Festival
- Tokyo International Lesbian & Gay Film FestivalTokyo International Lesbian & Gay Film FestivalThe Tokyo International Lesbian & Gay Film Festival is an international film festival for sexual minorities held in Tokyo.The festival began in 1992 and is held every year in July at the Spiral Hall in the Aoyama neighborhood of Tokyo....
- List of lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender-related films
- List of LGBT events