KMK: KQCF Seoul Pride 2017

Lifestyle Queer

‘There’s no LATER. We demand a CHANGE NOW!’

 

With a bold new slogan combined with a matching determination the folks at KQCF are at the forefront of Gay Rights in Korea, leading the charge for equality. This year Seoul Pride took longer to organize and cement thanks to interference by outside groups seeking to curtail the movement of Gay Rights in South Korea. Nevertheless, progress moves forward no matter how grudgingly slow and the celebration has been finalized for this coming July 14th, 15th and the 20th through the 23rd! To Celebrate this year’s festivities why not show how things were done back in the day? Way back from 2016 to 2008!

KQCF 2016

KQCF 2015

KQCF 2013

KQCF 2012

KQCF 2009

KQCF 2008

Seoul Pride 2008

1. Opening Ceremony 

July 14, 2017

7/14(Fri) 7:30 pm, Seoul Plaza

Seoul Pride 2008

2. Queer Parade

7/15(Sat) 11:30 am ~ 7 pm, Seoul Plaza

11 am ~ 7 pm   110 booths of organizations and vendors

2 pm ~ 3:50 pm   Welcome Stage: Pre parade Performance Acts

4 pm ~ 5:50 pm   Pride Parade, Queer Parade, Happy Parade

Taking to the streets with Pride

6 pm ~ 7 pm     Celebration Stage: Congratulatory send off!

Seoul Pride 2008

3. Main Party ‘Private Beach’

7/15(Sat) 9 pm, Club ‘Pulse’ at Itaewon

Guests under the age of 19 cannot enter. Private Beach is the official party of KQCF.

Location: Club ‘Pulse’ Young-il Building B1, 190, Itaewon-ro, Yongsan-gu, Seoul, Republic of Korea

TICKET: 20,000 KRW

Seoul Pride 2008

4. The 17th Korea Queer Film Festival

 

When July 20th – 23rd 2017 (4 days)

Where Lotte Cinema Broadway Hall 2, Hall 6 (Sinsa station, exit1)

Address Gangnam-gu, Dosandaero8-gil 8 (Nonhyun-dong), Seoul

For more information about the films (e.g., trailer, synopsis etc), please visit the English version of the KQFF website http://www.kqff.co.kr

Social media: facebook.com/kqcfkqff/, twitter.com/kqcfkqff

 

<Schedule>

Note: all films without any specific mark are Korean language films and all non-Korean language films are subtitled in Korean.

E English

NE Non-English languages + English subtitles

U no dialogue

GV Guest Visit

QT Q-Talk

 

July 20th (Thu)

 

14:30 [KQFF Choice] (103min)

About A Father NE/Beautiful Figure NE/Everything Will Be Fine NE/Mikveh U/Mr. Sugar Daddy NE/An Algorithm NE

Theater 2
19:30 <Opening Ceremony>

[Opening Film] Convictions (63min) NE

Theater 2

 

July 21st (Fri)

11:00 [Korean Short 1: Queer Panorama] (79min)

Color, Full/Itaewon Urban Legend/Iced Americano Hot/Everything Will Be Fine NE/There’s no exit in taxi NE

Theater 6
11:30 [International Shorts 1] (115min)

Ana Is Coming Back NE/Jordy In Transit land NE/Dirty Skin NE/Sorcerace             U/The Commitment E/Shaping Scars E/Onion Skin U/Life’s A Drag    E/About A Father NE

Theater 2
13:00 [Korean Shorts 2: Flying, deep in the night] (91min)

Hello/No NE/Massage NE/An Algorithm NE

Theater 6
14:00 [Current Issue 1: Filling In The Blank] (63min)

Odd Stranger NE/Climax NE/Else E/The Devil Is In The Details NE

Theater 2
15:00 [Current Issue 2: Asia X Gender] (115min)

Landscapes NE/Across Gender NE/Being NE

Theater6
16:00 [Experimental Shorts 2: A clue to mundane sexuality] (71min)

Wallpaper: Red U/Inflamed: A Litany For Burning Condoms E/Your Weight on the Nape of My Neck U/No Face NE/Mysteriosophical Fall to Hell NE/Folsom Street E/Venus: Filly the Lesbian Little Fairy NE/Trouse Bar U

Theater2
17:30 [Experimental Shorts 1: An Attempt To Console] (82min)

Us U/I’m Afraid I Cannot Wake Up Tomorrow NE/A Better SituationU/Princess of Everyday Life NE/Negro Hair Petting Zoo U/I’m FineNE/Trust Fall/Mikveh U/Golden Golden E

Theater6
19:30 [Current Issue 3: Queer Diaspora, Queer refuges] (79min) GV QT

Immigrant Mixtape NE/HOMØE – Looking For Shelter NE

Theater6
20:00 Special Section 1 [Brilliant Moment: Queer shines] (90min) GV

Sisters On The Road

Theater2
24:00 <Queer Midnight>

1. Below Her Mouth E (74min)

2. [International Shorts 2] (107min)

Beautiful Figure NE/The Magic Hedge NE/Propaganda NE/My Gay Sister NE/Billymensional U/Hi, It’s Your Mother E/Monster E/Parting E/Filip NE/Mr. Sugar Daddy NE

3. Sex & The Silver Gays E (70min)

Theater2

 

July 22nd (Sat)

10:00 Sex & The Silver Gays E (70min) Theater6
10:30 [Current Issue 3: Queer Diaspora, Queer refuges] (79min)

Immigrant Mix tape NE/HOMØE – Looking For Shelter NE

Theater2
12:00 [Korean Shorts 2: Flying, deep in the night] (91min)

Hello/No NE/Massage NE/An Algorithm NE

Theater6
12:30 [Experimental Shorts 1: An Attempt To Console] (82min) GV QT

Us U/I’m Afraid I Cannot Wake Up Tomorrow NE/A Better SituationU/Princess of Everyday Life NE/Negro Hair Petting Zoo U/I’m FineNE/Trust Fall/Mikveh U/Golden Golden E

Theater2
14:30 [International Shorts 2] (107min)

Beautiful Figure NE/The Magic Hedge NE/Propaganda NE/My Gay SisterNE/Billymensional U/Hi, It’s Your Mother E/Monster E/Parting E/Filip NE/Mr. Sugar Daddy NE

Theater6
15:00 [Korean Short 1: Queer Panorama] (79min) GV

Color, Full/Itaewon Urban Legend/Iced Americano Hot/Everything Will Be Fine NE/There’s no exit in taxi NE

Theater2
17:00 [Opening Film] Convictions (63min) QT Theater6
17:30 [Experimental Shorts 2: A clue to mundane sexuality] (71min) QT

Wallpaper: Red U/Inflamed: A Litany For Burning Condoms E/Your Weight on the Nape of My Neck U/No Face NE/Mysteriosophical Fall to Hell NE/Folsom Street E/Venus: Filly the Lesbian Little Fairy NE/Trouse Bar U

Theater2
19:30 Special Section2 [Brilliant Moment: Queer shines] (99min) GV

Our Love Story

Theater6
20:00 [Current Issue 1: Filling In The Blank] (63min) QT

Odd Stranger NE/Climax NE/Else E/The Devil Is In The Details NE

Theater 2

July 23rd (Sun)

10:00 Below Her Mouth E (74min) Theater6
11:00 [Current Issue 2: Asia X Gender] (115min) GV QT

Landscapes NE/Across Gender NE/Being NE

Theater2
12:00 [Korean Short 1: Queer Panorama] (79min)

Color, Full/Itaewon Urban Legend/Iced Americano Hot/Everything Will Be Fine NE/There’s no exit in taxi NE

Theater6
14:00 [International Shorts 1] (115min)

Ana Is Coming Back NE/Jordy In Transit land NE/Dirty SkinNE/Sorcerace            U/The Commitment E/Shaping Scars E/Onion Skin U/Life’s A Drag  E/About A Father NE

Theater6
14:30 [Korean Shorts 2: Flying, deep in the night] (91min) GV

Hello/No NE/Massage NE/An Algorithm NE

Theater2
16:30 Special Section 3 [Brilliant Moment: Queer shines] (69min) GV

Suddenly Last Summer/Graduation Trip

Theater6
19:30 <Closing Ceremony>

[Closing Film] The Death and Life of Marsha P. Johnson (106min)

Theater2
Seoul Pride 2008

<KQFF 2017 Tickets>

 

Price

Opening Films: 10,000 won (including entrance to Opening ceremony)

Closing Films: 10,000 won (including entrance to Closing ceremony)

General Tickets: 7,000 won

Queer Midnight: 15,000 won

 

Online Reservation

Tickets may be purchased online at the Lotte Cinema website (www.lottecinema.co.kr) and through the Lotte Cinema mobil app.

 

Offiline Reservation

Tickets may be purchased at the KQFF box office and from the ticket vending machines at the Lotte Cinema Broadway throughout the festival period (July 20th – 23rd)

 

Official Website: www.kqcf.org

Facebook: www.facebook.com/kqcf2000

Twitter: www.twitter.com/kqcf

Facebook: www.fb.me/PrivateBeachKR

 

 

 

Pride Meet Market

Also celebrating Pride in July on Saturday the 8th the folks behind Meet Market in Hongdae will be throwing another bash!

Hello, this is Meet Market.
We are happy to announce that The Pride Meet Market is an official sponsor event for Korea Queer Festival 2017. Therefore, 30% of all profits from this Meet Market will be donated to the organizers. We hope that you come to enjoy the performances while also supporting Korea Queer Festival 2017 by doing so.

Facebook: Pride Meet Market

 

Date : 8th July 2017 Saturday.

Ticket : 15,000 KRW

Venue : Club MWG in Hongdae

Doors open at 11pm

Performance starts at 1am

 

Line up

 

DJ Haus of Meifu

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Brian Dye
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15 thoughts on “KMK: KQCF Seoul Pride 2017

  1. I think it was Taiwan that recently became the first Asian country to legalize gay marriage. Let’s hope Korea is not too far behind. I imagine the festival will had many attendees, and that each year, it’ll get larger and larger as attitudes here begin to change.

  2. This festival is really packed with interesting activities! I’ve read a news about the LGBT parade here in Philippines as well. It’s nice when people support each others gender. I hope Koreans accept them as well.

  3. I saw the set up for the Queer Fest this past weekend and saw all of the police barricades they were getting ready to set up. Quite the to-do. It’s sad it still is though.. I mean in that way, with anti-protests and all. It seemed to go off a bit better this time around but I wonder if it’s because it had a different name than Pride and thus the Christian groups that usually protest weren’t as aware that it was going to happen? Great info on the happenings though. Thanks.

  4. This is a great informative piece! I’m kinda bummed I’ve missed the gay pride celebrations here in Korea. I mostly always attended in Chicago. I really dislike that the movement gets so much backlash in this country, but am happy to hear that it went out despite the pushback.

  5. OMG, I love the idea of a Queer Film Festival! I think the cinematic form is one of the best artistic expressions there is out there and it’s truly amazing that the Koreans have enough stories to bring to life on the big screen. I had a number of LGBTQ friends while in Korea and I know Pride is the highlight of their year. Great roundup, will send it to some friends attending the event next weekend 😀

  6. It’s amazing to see how much Pride has grown in Korea in recent years. I was reading online about all the backlash from extremist christian groups and it sucks that the GBLT community can’t be just given their one day to take to the streets and express themselves altogether. It’s not asking much. We have to listen to the extremist christians telling us that we’re all sinners and gonna go to hell when we walk down the street in Korea

  7. I honestly didn’t know that Seoul Pride Parade happens here. And there’s a lot of gays out here, anyway. In the Philippines, we have a lot of gays and lesbians openly expressing themselves but we don’t have the Pride Parade. But they are very much accepted in my country.

  8. Living in Toronto, the Pride Parade was an annual event that no one even batted an eyelash at, so when I moved to Korea and discovered how backward the ideas are. I wasn’t totally surprised, but um wow. So I was doubly surprised to find out that Seoul Pride even existed. Kudos to the organizers for bringing this (needed) event to a country that desperately needs modernizing in certain areas…especially under I bet not the easiest circumstances…

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