BATTLING DEEP-ROOTED DISCRIMINATION AGAINST

QUEER COMMUNITIES AND GAY MARRIAGE IN SOUTH KOREA,

TWO WORKING CLASS MOTHERS HAVE THEIR LIVES AND PERCEPTIONS UPENDED IN AN UNFLINCHINGLY

HONEST AND POWERFUL DOCUMENTARY

 

PREMIERING VIA VOD & LEADING DIGITAL OUTLETS

ON MARCH 22, 2024

 

*COMING TO YOU (Trailer)

https://youtu.be/78vkW3TmcDw?si=La2P-stOX0ETUnJv

 

 

SYNOPSIS

Gyuri Byun's groundbreaking Korean documentary centers on two working class mothers, Nabi and Vivian. Like many in South Korea, where there is a distinct lack of legal protections for queer communities and gay marriage remains illegal, neither women gave much thought to LGBTQ+ rights or its growing advocacy among the country's younger generations. Therefore, their lives and perceptions were upended when their respective children come out to them — Nabi's as trans, and Vivian's as gay. Reluctant to accept this news at first, both women's reactions reveal deep-rooted discriminatory beliefs about queerness. This is not uncommon in South Korean society, which makes their respective transformations all the more impactful — both women grew to not only accept their children's gender and sexuality, but became activists in their own right as members of Parents, Families and Allies of LGBTAIQ+ People in Korea. Both Nabi and Vivian grapple with the pain and lonlinees their children feel, the struggle to access gender affriming care, and the yearning for socital and familial aceptance. Without shying away from their inital discrimiantory opinions, Gyun's impressive film tells an unflinchingly honest story of hard-won allyship and gives faith to the idea that people can change their minds.

 

 

SELECT AWARDS/FESTIVALS

Cine21 (2021) Nominated, Best Film of the Year

DMZ Int’l Documentary FF (2021) Winner, Brave New Docs Award

Jeonju Film Festival (2021) Winner, Korean Film Competition, Documenatry Award

Grand Bell Awards (2022) Nominated, Best Documentary

 

 

COMING TO YOU (2021)

Written & Directed by: Gyuri Byun

Produced by: Sona Jo, Hyucksang Lee

Cinematography by: Gyuri Byun, Kim Hyongju, Hyejeong Kim, Jeongkeun Kim, Sojin Kwak, Jyucksang Lee, Selyon Lee, Somyi Lee, Arum Nam, Seongjun Nam

Genre: World Cinema/Documentary

RT: 93 minutes

Language: Korean with English Subtitles

 

 

너에게 가는 길 Coming to You (Neoege ganeun gil, 2021) 

다큐멘터리 12세관람가 93분 2021-11-17 (개봉)

제작사:성적소수문화환경을위한모임 연분홍치마

감독: 변규리

출연: 정은애, 강선화, 이한결, 정예준, 곽인선 

 

소방 공무원 나비는 어느 날 자식으로부터 ‘나 가슴 절제하고 싶어’라고 말을 듣는다. 항공 승무원 비비안은 ‘엄마, 저 게이예요’라고 시작하는 아들의 편지에 눈물을 흘린다. 두 엄마는 어떻게 자식들의 정체성을 이해하게될까? 

 

 

*KMDb - 한국영화데이터베이스

https://www.kmdb.or.kr/db/kor/detail/movie/A/10098

 

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