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Festival 2024
Home
Multiple origins, 2021, 2023

ExpandedPay What You Can
Curated by
Lisa Chearles
Running time
60 mins
ExpandedPay What You Can
Queer East -

Home holds manifold meanings for East and Southeast Asian communities. It is the love and warmth of family, and also the demands of duty, devotion and filial piety that accompany it. For much of the ESEA diaspora, and the exodus of queer Asian folk who have crossed the pond to experience the world beyond the closet, it is longing to be where we are not, faced with the realisation that we are never quite at home, wherever we go. These are stories of home, of its joys and beauty, its ills and struggle.

This event mixes film screenings, a live performance, and conversation. Audience will be invited to interact with the performers during the event. 

Total runtime: 60min


Kin 

This hybrid documentary film proposes a safe space for queer life in Singapore. 

Charmaine Poh | Singapore | 2021 | 3min


Jericho 

Moments of tenderness devolve into tension, each party protagonist and antagonist as they wrestle for love, power and control. 

Lisa Chearles | Singapore, UK | 2021 | 8min


Where Sleeping Dogs Lie

An exploration of the lengths one will go to for love and how readily we will bury the truth.

Lisa Chearles | Singapore, UK | 2023 | 16min


This is a pay-what-you-can event between £3 and £15. We suggest £9 as a general admission, but feel free to follow the list below to pay based on your circumstances.

How much should I pay?
£3: I am just about able to cover my everyday costs.
£6: I can cover my everyday costs, but I find it stressful occasionally.
£9: I can comfortably cover my everyday costs.
£12: Beyond my everyday costs, I have disposable income and financial security.
£15: I would like to contribute more to support the organisation’s work.


Tickets


Sat 27 April, 1:00 PM
Event Past
Queer East -
Kin
2021
Directed by
Charmaine Poh
Running time
3 mins
Kin proposes an imaginary safe space for queer life in Singapore, a fragile idea in intolerant environments. Through the narratives of three individuals, this hybrid documentary film is a meditation on the meaning of a space, the comfort of chosen family, and collective care as survival.

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Jericho
2021
Directed by
Lisa Chearles
Running time
8 mins
Jericho considers the idea of home through the juxtaposition of the facade of a house and a carefully constructed house of cards. Windows and doorways frame moments of tenderness as they devolve into tension, each party protagonist and antagonist as they wrestle for love, power and control.

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Where Sleeping Dogs Lie
2023
Directed by
Lisa Chearles
Running time
16 mins
Where Sleeping Dogs Lie is a duet accompanied by a projected film, lit with flashlights manipulated by the performers. It considers an ever-evolving relationship with exposure and erasure, the lengths one will go to for love and how readily we will bury the truth to be seen.

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Additional info



This is a pay-what-you-can event between £3 and £15. We suggest £9 as a general admission, but feel free to follow the list below to pay based on your circumstances.

How much should I pay?
£3: I am just about able to cover my everyday costs.
£6: I can cover my everyday costs, but I find it stressful occasionally.
£9: I can comfortably cover my everyday costs.
£12: Beyond my everyday costs, I have disposable income and financial security.
£15: I would like to contribute more to support the organisation’s work.