BACCS Cinema

General Admission

RAINBOW CHINATOWN SHORT FILM SERIES这是一组关于中国酷儿经验的影像 BACCS Cinema is coming to San Francisco Chinatown.To celebrate the opening of OUT Museum, we&#39;re bringing a short film series: from Beijing to the Bay Area, 1995 to now, about love, visibility, and the stubborn joy of showing one&rsquo;s true self. Plus a live panel with the queer filmmakers from local and beyond after.&nbsp; 🎬Lineup我们在这里 / WE ARE HERE 1995 &middot; 58 min &middot; Mandarin | English SubtitlesBeijing, 1995. Somewhere outside the UN World Conference on Women, a small tent appears. Inside it, lesbians from across the world find each other &mdash; some for the first time.A hidden chapter. A beginning that almost wasn&#39;t recorded.─新前门大街 / NEW BEIJING, NEW MARRIAGE&nbsp;Dir. Popo Fan &amp; David Zheng &middot; 18 min &middot; Mandarin | English SubtitlesValentine&#39;s Day. Two same-sex couples in wedding gowns walk into Beijing&#39;s most crowded tourist street. No manifesto &mdash; just presence. The camera holds every stare, every pause, every silence that follows.One of the earliest documents of Chinese queer street activism.─LIVING IN THE SHADOWS OF EXCLUSION Dir. Anna Eng &middot; 60 min &middot; EnglishFour Asian American same-sex couples. Deportation orders. Family silence. A state that keeps changing the rules. Set in the Bay Area &mdash; these streets, these families, this fight.<img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/hxn9dbuhd/image/upload/v1779492200/wysiwyg/mm5xgvcwurnurbtxwr9a.jpg" style="width: 415px; display: block; vertical-align: top; margin: 5px auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; padding: 0px 1px; user-select: none; max-width: 100%; position: relative; box-sizing: inherit;" fr-original-style="width: 415px; display: block; vertical-align: top; margin: 5px auto; text-align: center;" fr-original-class="fr-draggable">📢Filmmaker Panel DiscussionAfter the screening, stay for a conversation with the people who made these images and kept these stories alive:- 石头 / Shi Tou &mdash; artist, activist, queer film curator; star of Fish and Elephant, China&#39;s first lesbian film (Venice &amp; Berlin Film Festivals)- Dr. Anna Eng&nbsp;&mdash; director of Living in the Shadows of Exclusion; historian and lecturer at UC Berkeley- 吴漫 / Jenny Man Wu &mdash; curator, filmmaker; co-organiser of the Beijing Queer Film Festival; founder of The Living Archive of Queer Films in Chinese Context 1995年的北京，世界妇女大会召开。在宏大而正式的国际会议之外，一顶小小的帐篷出现里，聚集着来自世界各地的女同性恋者。有人第一次说出自己的身份，有人第一次意识到自己并不孤单。《我们在这里》记录的不只是一个起点，而是一段被长期忽略的地下历史：夜晚的大巴、地下俱乐部、笨拙却真实的连接，以及尚未被命名的人生。&ldquo;我们在这里&rdquo;本身，就是一种回答。在缺乏可见性的时代，被看见、被记录、彼此确认存在，本身就是一件珍贵而危险的事情。 2001年起，北京酷儿影展开始在不稳定的空间中持续发生，并在十余年间不断迁移：从城市到乡村，从公开到隐秘，从允许到不可见。《我们的故事&mdash;&mdash;北京酷儿影展十年游击战》记录的正是这种流动状态。放映本身成为需要策略的事情，空间、时间与路径都必须被重新设计。这不是一段稳定的历史，而是一种持续的生存方式：如何在不确定的环境中继续组织、观看与存在。 2009年的北京，前门大街仍然带着&ldquo;新北京，新奥运&rdquo;的余温。两对&ldquo;假&rdquo;同性情侣穿上婚纱，在游客、路人与围观者之间拍摄结婚照。有人好奇，有人笑，有人沉默。镜头没有高声宣告什么，只是把那些目光、停顿与空气里的迟疑留了下来。《新前门大街》像一封来自早期中国酷儿行动主义的影像信件：当&ldquo;同性恋&rdquo;仍然难以被公开谈论时，有人已经走上街头，在最热闹、最日常的地方预演被看见。 《Living in the Shadows of Exclusion》则将镜头转向更持续的边缘状态。它不以事件为中心，而是以日常为中心：等待、沉默、遮蔽身份，以及在缝隙中维持生活的方式。影片不解释阴影从何而来，而是让阴影本身被看见。在不断被分类与忽略的世界里，这种持续的存在本身，就是一种缓慢的抵抗。 这些影像并不完整，也不试图构成单一结论。它们只是不断留下痕迹：关于爱、身份、被看见，以及在不可见的结构中，如何继续说出&ldquo;我们在这里&rdquo;。 📅 &nbsp;Screening Info:Date: 2026/06/06, 1:30-5:00pmVenue: The Lost Church, 988 Columbus Ave, San Francisco, CA 94133 Hosted by:BACCS CinemaIn Collaboration with:OUT | 出 | Museum About Us:BACCS Cinema (Bay Area Collective for Culture and Society) is a San Francisco Bay Area curation and screening platform dedicated to Asian diasporic cinema&mdash;on screen and in conversation.&nbsp; See our programs:&nbsp;https://baccscinema.org/Stay tuned for our incoming programs: Ins @baccscinema If you enjoyed this event and want to see more like it, consider buying us a coffee to help keep BACCS Cinema running and bring more programs to life:<a fr-original-style="" href="https://www.zeffy.com/en-US/donation-form/thank-you-for-supporting-baccs-cinema-2" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="text-decoration-color: currentcolor; user-select: auto; box-sizing: inherit;" target="_blank">support us</a>

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RAINBOW CHINATOWN SHORT FILM SERIES这是一组关于中国酷儿经验的影像 BACCS Cinema is coming to San Francisco Chinatown.To celebrate the opening of OUT Museum, we're bringing a short film series: from Beijing to the Bay Area, 1995 to now, about love, visibility, and the stubborn joy of showing one’s true self. Plus a live panel with the queer filmmakers from local and beyond after.  🎬Lineup我们在这里 / WE ARE HERE 1995 · 58 min · Mandarin | English SubtitlesBeijing, 1995. Somewhere outside the UN World Conference on Women, a small tent appears. Inside it, lesbians from across the world find each other — some for the first time.A hidden chapter. A beginning that almost wasn't recorded.─新前门大街 / NEW BEIJING, NEW MARRIAGE Dir. Popo Fan &amp; David Zheng · 18 min · Mandarin | English SubtitlesValentine's Day. Two same-sex couples in wedding gowns walk into Beijing's most crowded tourist street. No manifesto — just presence. The camera holds every stare, every pause, every silence that follows.One of the earliest documents of Chinese queer street activism.─LIVING IN THE SHADOWS OF EXCLUSION Dir. Anna Eng · 60 min · EnglishFour Asian American same-sex couples. Deportation orders. Family silence. A state that keeps changing the rules. Set in the Bay Area — these streets, these families, this fight.<img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/hxn9dbuhd/image/upload/v1779492200/wysiwyg/mm5xgvcwurnurbtxwr9a.jpg" style="width:415px;display:block;vertical-align:top;margin:5px auto;text-align:center;cursor:pointer;padding:0px 1px;user-select:none;position:relative;box-sizing:inherit;max-width:100%" />📢Filmmaker Panel DiscussionAfter the screening, stay for a conversation with the people who made these images and kept these stories alive:- 石头 / Shi Tou — artist, activist, queer film curator; star of Fish and Elephant, China's first lesbian film (Venice &amp; Berlin Film Festivals)- Dr. Anna Eng — director of Living in the Shadows of Exclusion; historian and lecturer at UC Berkeley- 吴漫 / Jenny Man Wu — curator, filmmaker; co-organiser of the Beijing Queer Film Festival; founder of The Living Archive of Queer Films in Chinese Context 1995年的北京，世界妇女大会召开。在宏大而正式的国际会议之外，一顶小小的帐篷出现里，聚集着来自世界各地的女同性恋者。有人第一次说出自己的身份，有人第一次意识到自己并不孤单。《我们在这里》记录的不只是一个起点，而是一段被长期忽略的地下历史：夜晚的大巴、地下俱乐部、笨拙却真实的连接，以及尚未被命名的人生。“我们在这里”本身，就是一种回答。在缺乏可见性的时代，被看见、被记录、彼此确认存在，本身就是一件珍贵而危险的事情。 2001年起，北京酷儿影展开始在不稳定的空间中持续发生，并在十余年间不断迁移：从城市到乡村，从公开到隐秘，从允许到不可见。《我们的故事——北京酷儿影展十年游击战》记录的正是这种流动状态。放映本身成为需要策略的事情，空间、时间与路径都必须被重新设计。这不是一段稳定的历史，而是一种持续的生存方式：如何在不确定的环境中继续组织、观看与存在。 2009年的北京，前门大街仍然带着“新北京，新奥运”的余温。两对“假”同性情侣穿上婚纱，在游客、路人与围观者之间拍摄结婚照。有人好奇，有人笑，有人沉默。镜头没有高声宣告什么，只是把那些目光、停顿与空气里的迟疑留了下来。《新前门大街》像一封来自早期中国酷儿行动主义的影像信件：当“同性恋”仍然难以被公开谈论时，有人已经走上街头，在最热闹、最日常的地方预演被看见。 《Living in the Shadows of Exclusion》则将镜头转向更持续的边缘状态。它不以事件为中心，而是以日常为中心：等待、沉默、遮蔽身份，以及在缝隙中维持生活的方式。影片不解释阴影从何而来，而是让阴影本身被看见。在不断被分类与忽略的世界里，这种持续的存在本身，就是一种缓慢的抵抗。 这些影像并不完整，也不试图构成单一结论。它们只是不断留下痕迹：关于爱、身份、被看见，以及在不可见的结构中，如何继续说出“我们在这里”。 📅  Screening Info:Date: 2026/06/06, 1:30-5:00pmVenue: The Lost Church, 988 Columbus Ave, San Francisco, CA 94133 Hosted by:BACCS CinemaIn Collaboration with:OUT | 出 | Museum About Us:BACCS Cinema (Bay Area Collective for Culture and Society) is a San Francisco Bay Area curation and screening platform dedicated to Asian diasporic cinema—on screen and in conversation.  See our programs: https://baccscinema.org/Stay tuned for our incoming programs: Ins @baccscinema If you enjoyed this event and want to see more like it, consider buying us a coffee to help keep BACCS Cinema running and bring more programs to life:<a href="https://www.zeffy.com/en-US/donation-form/thank-you-for-supporting-baccs-cinema-2" target="_blank">support us</a>

BACCS Cinema

SF Asian Queer Film Festival | Short Film Series w/ Filmmaker Panels

988 Columbus Ave

General Admission

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