ShanghaiPRIDE Film Festival
shanghaipride film festival shpff chinese 上海骄傲电影节 annual lgbt film festival held shanghai china first established shanghaipride film festival one three unconnected lgbt film festival city shanghai queer film festival launched september volunteerrun notforprofit event aim help facilitate promote work filmmaker chinese asian background cinemq launched volunteerrun notforprofit collective focused queer short film asia around world chineselanguage lgbt film festival region also feature international lgbt film chinese subtitle include beijing queer film festival hong kong lesbian gay film festival taiwan international queer film festival shanghaipride film festival established filmmaker people involved shanghai art scene conjunction shanghaipride lgbt group established highlight range lgbt issue shanghaipride film festival turn established create awareness promote tolerance lgbt community film launched support new queer chinese filmmaking talent also host workshop q session panel discussion leading figure chinese lgbt cinema festival take place june every year part shanghaipride screening free open shanghaipride festival launched always featured film screening pride director raymond phang state “screenings secretive – smallscale people wouldn’t know venue hour before” according variety foreign consulate provided financial support screening fee certain title venue often cultural section’s library lgbtrelated title formal fully fledged film festival founded matthew baren alvin li baren shanghaibased filmmaker li lgbt volunteer life u china shanghaipride film festival first opened june – first festival themed queer family featured film screening including live q session workshop also featured short film around world invited submission chinese lgbt filmmaker festival opened mainland chinese premiere lilting opening night attended film star actress cheng pei pei festival held june – theme gender program film gender minority day event featured film short film competition workshop panel discussion festival opened mainland chinese premiere tangerine highlight included specially recorded message sir ian mckellen th anniversary screening east palace west palace attended director zhang yuan festival includes short film competition film tell story chinese lgbtq experience according festival director programmer matthew baren film important lgbt movement china much lgbtq cinema dominated west wanted support chinese story chinese face five award judged film industry professional past judge included filmmaker hong khaou quentin lee kit hung well musician erica lee miiia top prize includes presented internationally wellestablished iris prize chance film producer win funding forthcoming production baren departed festival succeeded wing shen edition festival much smaller event taking place two nonconsecutive day held june festival directed raymond phang malaysian also overall director shanghaipride festival list lgbt film festival