A heart-warming story about a family finding hope and connection against the turmoils of the 2017 Marriage Equality debate.
For our children to flourish, is often the singular focus of migrant families. But what does it really mean for our children and our communities to truly flourish?
A story about family disconnection despite the most loving efforts; simply due to failing to see your child as their whole self.
A story about the power of ordinary everyday queer visibility; how simply living truthfully helps others in our communities connect again with those they love.
A story about the power of pursuing our passions, and the profound life lessons they teach us.
It is 2017 in Sydney Australia, the height of the Marriage Equality debate; the word ‘Love’ is everywhere. But for Peter, an Australian-born Chinese adolescent coming to terms with his sexuality, it is the meaning of love and family itself that he is grappling with, against the background of his parents’ constant bickering and his father’s aloofness resembling nothing of the ideals he sees in the political campaigns. This is when a new piano teacher enters his life and changes everything. She inspires him to find his own meaning through his passion for music.
See why audiences loved this film at the 2024 Beijing Queer Film Festival.
There will be a Q&A after the screening on Thursday 15 May (45min duration).
Q&A panellists:
Victor Wu (writer/director/co-producer)
Jude Ella (co-producer/cinematographer)
Grace Ho (lead actor for role of Mum)
Cedric Cheng (founder of ANTRA)
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Award-winning short film Jia, as well as short films Dancer and Mother Tongue will screen with To Freely Flourish at the Friday 16 May and Sunday 25 May sessions.
Ming, a grieving Chinese mother, arrives in Australia to embark on a road trip with a young Caucasian man, Eric to remember her late son. But she soon discovers that Eric was in a romantic relationship with her son, which clashes with her conservative values.
A film by Vee Shi
Producer Nicholson Ren
Stars Sel Hiew, Tyler Jenkins and Peter Isaac Koh
Gerelee, a Deaf teenage girl, decides to follow her dreams and audition for a dance company, despite her father’s protest.
DANCER is the second collaboration between Bus Stop Films and The Arts Council of Mongolia.
2023 | Australia/Mongolia | 13 mins | 2.39:1
Genre: Drama | Children’s | Heartwarmer
Themes: Disability | BIPOC | CALD | Dance | Relationships | Family
Disability represented on screen: Hard of Hearing & Deaf
Language: Mongolian and Mongolian Sign Language, with English subtitles.
17-year-old Jane begins to embrace her background and rekindle her relationship with her mother when she becomes immersed in Chinese culture at her younger sister’s new language school.
2020 | Australia | 12 mins
Genre: Drama
Language: English & Chinese, with English subtitles.
In Cantonese, Mandarin and English
Dual English and Simplified Chinese subtitles.
Wheelchair accessible
Companion Card accepted
Assistive Hearing system available (FM)
Sunday 25 May at 4:30pm (In English and Simplified Chinese)
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