Double Bill: Baby Queen & Kotti Express

新生皇后 (Baby Queen)
LEI Yuan-Bin, Singapore 2022, 61 min. English, Mandarin, Malay, Teochew with English subtitles, German Premiere

Kotti Express
Amir Ovadia Steklov, Germany, 29min. English, German with English subtitles

Followed by a talk with the film crew of Kotti Express 

The first open-air screening kicks off with a special double bill of queer longing, drag glamour, and Berlin nights. Baby Queen explores the struggles and joys of becoming a young drag performer in Singapore, and what it means to claim space in a society that often marginalizes queerness. Kotti Express follows a chance encounter between a young Chinese woman and a policewoman in Kreuzberg, unfolding into a fantastical urban fable about grief, surveillance, and queer care. The film takes playful inspiration from Wong Kar Wai’s classic, Chungking Express. (CiLENS)

Amir Ovadia Steklov is a Berlin-based non-Zionist Israeli filmmaker and animator. His films tackle pressing issues such as racism, LGBTQ+, immigration, and Jewish identity, all within a sex-positive framework and often infused with dark humor.