Singapore Panorama
Baby Queen
LEI Yuan Bin Singapore 61 mins R21 (Mature Content) Southeast Asian Premiere
FILM SYNOPSIS
The life of emerging drag queen Opera Tang offers a moving portrait of being queer in Singapore.
With her striking Teochew opera-inspired makeup, Opera Tang has been making waves on the local drag scene since her debut in 2020. Through intimate vignettes of Opera’s personal life, the film chronicles her queer journey: from coming-out as a fledgling drag queen, falling in love, competing in drag pageants, to dressing up her supportive and charming 90-year-old grandma in drag.
Baby Queen illuminates the struggles and joys of becoming who you want to be, and what it means to carve out a safe space in a society that is at times cruel to those who are different. Candid and clear-eyed in its portrait of queer life, the film celebrates radical self-acceptance as a personal yet deeply political act.
FILM INFO
FILM CREDITS
LEI Yuan Bin
LEI Yuan Bin is a director, editor and cinematographer. Lei is known for 03-FLATS (2014), which competed in Busan, and I Dream of Singapore (2019), which premiered at the Berlinale. His fifth feature, Baby Queen premiered at Busan. He is a founding member of film collective 13 Little Pictures.
Screening Details
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Venue
Projector X: Picurehouse, Yangtze
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Runtime
61 mins
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Part of SGIFF’s fundraiser, this screening will be followed by a live drag show. Please click here to see event details.
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