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Opening with Takeshi Kitano's myth-busting samurai epic Kubi, this year's Queer East is bigger than ever and features a wide range of films from East and South East Asia. This year there's a special strand focused on the lives of LGBTQ+ East and South East Asian people living in Scotland, and another exploring the experiences of those resident in post-Soviet Central Asia.
The festival runs from 23 April to 18 May.
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QueerEast Latest Reviews
A portrait of two South Korean women in transition: Edhi, a modest and cheerful woman who hopes to feel good in her own body after her surgery, and Alice, a quiet personality who is at a different stage in her life and her transition.
An old man has depended on his wife over the years, when she suddenly passes away, he puts her into an old freezer and goes on living a seemingly peaceful life. But the arrival of his son and daughter-in-law brings change.
In Changsha, Yin Jia and Tong Tong have carved out a life together, but when Tong Tong begins a relationship with a drug dealer, the devoted Yin Jia is prepared to sacrifice all that she has.
During their final weekend together, two best friends test the limits of their friendship while making a double-meta film.
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