Singaporean filmmaker Lei Yuan Bin’s latest subject is local Opera Tang, who has made a mark on the local drag scene since debuting in 2020. Through vignettes of Tang’s life, the film, …
” premiered at Busan earlier this year. “The reception in Busan was fantastic,” Lei said. “We have received queries from film festivals and distributors. ‘Baby Queen’ will be travelling the film festival circuit in 2023 and some screenings, like the one inTiger Tiger Pictures funded and produced “Baby Queen” under the Unseen series label created by, a collection of original, feature-length documentaries that give voice to marginalized communities in Singapore and Southeast Asia.
“Baby Queen” is part of an ongoing wave of films from Singapore gaining international prominence. “There is more public and private funding and infrastructure support for Singapore filmmakers today. There are also new production companies, collectives and communities founded to raise the quality and diversity of storytelling and filmmaking,” Lei said.
All this comes at a time when Singapore authorities have sent out mixed messages to the LGBTQ community. Earlier this year, the Singapore government said that it will decriminalize same-sex relationships, but also shore-up the hetero-normative basis of marriage.
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