The 2020 21st Seoul Queer Culture Festival (SQCF)
Sep 18 (Fri) - 29 (Tue), 2020
Online
Organized by the Seoul Queer Culture Festival Organizing Committee
1. Introduction
The Seoul Queer Culture Festival (SQCF) is a public multi-event cultural festival organized with the vision of creating a space where everyone with different identities, including sexual orientation and gender identity, can mingle and enjoy together equally. It takes place every summer in Seoul.
Since the very first “Queer Culture Festival-Rainbow 2000” of 2000, the festival has continued on under the names “Queer Culture Festival-Rainbow OOOO (year),” “Queer Culture Festival” and is now called the “Seoul Queer Culture Festival” following a name change in 2018.
Our main events are the Seoul Queer Parade (SQP) and the Korea Queer Film Festival (KQFF); various other events also take place during the festival.
The festival is hosted and organized by the Seoul Queer Culture Festival Organinizing Committee, formed by citizen volunteers.
※ In 2020, the festival will be held online to prevent the spread of COVID-19.
2. Contact Information
- Website: https://sqcf.org/
- E-mail: contact@sqcf.org
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/sqcforg/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sqcforg
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sqcforg
- Twitter: https://twitter.com/sqcforg
3. Donation
- General donation guidelines can be found in the following link (Korean): https://sqcf.org/donate
- If donating from overseas, you can donate through the following PayPal link: https://www.paypal.me/sqcforg
4. Event Information
The 2020 20th Korea Queer Film Festival (KQFF)
■ Sep. 18 (Fri) - 29 (Tue), 2020
■ Online [Purplay (kqff2020.purplay.co.kr/), Seoul Queer Culture Festival’s YouTube Channel (https://www.youtube.com/c/sqcforg/)]
1) Contact Information
■ Website: https://kqff.co.kr/
■ E-mail: kqff@kqff.co.kr
■ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/sqcforg/
■ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/kqcfkqff
■ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kqcfkqff
■ Twitter: https://twitter.com/kqcfkqff
2) Side Events
■ Opening Ceremony
□ Sep 18 (Fri), 2020 18:00
□ Seoul Queer Culture Festival’s YouTube Channel (https://www.youtube.com/c/sqcforg/)
□ The opening ceremony celebrates the beginning of the 20th Korea Queer Film Festival. It will be held without an audience and will be broadcast live online through the Seoul Queer Culture Festival’s YouTube channel. It consists of an opening statement, trailer introduction, the 20th KQFF introduction, and celebratory performances.
■ GV (Guest Visit, A Talk with the Audience)
□ Blessedness: Monsters and Specters: Sep 27 (Sun), 2020 20:00
□ What should I call you? [Domestic Short Film 1]: Sep 25 (Fri), 2020 20:00
□ Louder and Stronger, Crescendo [Domestic Short Film 2]: Sep 25 (Fri), 2020 21:00
□ Seoul Queer Culture Festival’s YouTube Channel (https://www.youtube.com/c/sqcforg/)
□ A GV is an event that invites a member of a movie’s production team, such as the director, actor, or staff, to communicate with the audience. It will be broadcast live online through the SQCF YouTube channel without any audience on the scene.
■ Q-Talk (Queer movie TALK)
□ Pier Kids [Current Issue 1] - Guest: Edhi Park (MTF transgender activist)
□ All We've Got [Current Issue 2] - Guest: Bbob, Nagi (Managers of the Queer Feminist Bookstore ‘Ccol’)
□ Born To Be [Current Issue 3] - Guest: Eunsil Lee (Soonchunhyang University, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Assistant Professor)
□ Purplay (kqff2020.purplay.co.kr/)
□ Q-talks will be broadcast back to back after the screening of each movie.
□ A Q-talk is an in-depth conversation that focuses on a specific subject discussed in a movie. The talk show features a guest that specializes in the subject. You can watch Q-talks on the online movie theater Purplay after each movie is played.
3) Online Screening
■ Online screening platform: Purplay (kqff2020.purplay.co.kr/)
■ How to use: Through Purplay’s PC or mobile website
■ Duration: Sep 18 (Fri) 20:00 - 29 (Tue) 20:00
※ Tickets may be purchased until Sep 29 (Tue), 2020 18:00
■ Ticket price: 7,000 KRW
■ How to purchase tickets: Sign up/log into Purplay’s website and purchase tickets on its [20th Korea Queer Film Festival Online Theater] page.
■ Payment methods: Credit card, KakaoPay, micropayment, real-time wire transfer, PayPal
■ Limitations: The following films have a limited number of tickets available or will be played for only a limited amount of time.
□ <Blessedness: Monsters and Specters> 1,000 tickets
□ <All We’ve Got> 500 tickets
□ <The 34th> Sep 18-25
■ Cancel/Refunds: [Online theaters tickets] cannot be refunded once they are paid for.
※ Tickets cannot be cancelled or refunded even if they were not used within screening time/period.
■ Rating: Ⓖ General audiences / ⑫ Rated 12 / ⑮ Rated 15 / ⑱ Rated 18
■ Signs for side events: GV (Guest Visit) / QT (Queer movie TALK)
■ Notice:
□ International films played at the online theater will only have Korean subtitles available.
□ All films will be watermarked.
4) Program (films)
■ [Current Issue]
□ Pier Kids (QT) ⑮
□ All We've Got (QT) ⑮
□ Born To Be (QT) ⑮
■ [Special Screening Re:connect 1 - The 34th]
□ The 34th Ⓖ
■ [Special Screening Re:connect 2 - Women will end this!: HIV/AIDS]
□ Nothing Without Us - The Women Who Will End AIDS ⑫
■ [Special Screening Re:connect 3 - A Year in Transition]
□ A Year in Transition ⑮
■ [Special Screening Re:connect 4 - Hidden Motions]
□ Third Place ⑮
□ (S)he ⑮
■ [Korean Feature 1]
□ Blessedness: Monsters and Specters (GV, 2020.09.27 20:00) ⑮
■ [Korean Feature 2]
□ My Uncle is Audrey Hepburn ⑮
■ [Korean Shorts 1: What should I call you?] (GV, 2020.09.25 20:00)
□ Mother-in-law ⑫
□ Sabien & Anna Ⓖ
□ Journey to the shore Ⓖ
□ So Shiny Ⓖ
□ A Companion Ⓖ
■ [Korean Shorts 2: Louder and Stronger, Crescendo (GV, 2020.09.25 21:00)
□ Truth and fact ⑮
□ Floating Deep Down Summer Ⓖ
□ Dishonorable Ⓖ
□ Lift off Ⓖ
□ A Good Mother Ⓖ
The 2020 21st Seoul Queer Parade (SQP)
■ Sep 19 (Sat) - 29 (Tue)
■ Online [The Seoul Queer Culture Festival’s Website (https://sqcf.org/), The Seoul Queer Culture Festival’s YouTube Channel (https://www.youtube.com/c/sqcforg/)]
1) Contact Information
■ Website: https://sqcf.org/
■ E-mail: sqpexe@sqcf.org
■ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/sqcforg/
■ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sqpexe
■ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sqpexe
■ Twitter: https://twitter.com/sqpexe
2) Programs
■ Rainbow Live Everywhere
□ Sep 19 (Sat), specific time to be announced later
□ Seoul Queer Culture Festival’s YouTube Channel (https://www.youtube.com/c/sqcforg/)
□ This is a stage performance that will take place online with no audience on the scene. A footage of the performances, filmed safely beforehand, will be broadcast through the Seoul Queer Culture Festival’s YouTube channel on September 19th.
As it will be conducted online, it will include more content that will let you know more about the performers, such as their behind-the-scenes stories that could not be shared before.
On September 19th, enjoy the Seoul Queer Parade’s online stage program ‘Rainbow Live Everywhere’ from wherever you find most comfortable!
□ Lineup: Kuciia Diamant, QcanD, LetzRatz, Starting Point (시발점), Minority solidarity Pungmul band Jangpung, GINGER POP
■ Queer Booth ON
□ Sep 19 (Sat) - 29 (Tue), 2020
□ Seoul Queer Culture Festival’s Website (https://sqcf.org/)
□ Queer Booth On is an online booth program. Booths that consist of web pages will be operated through the Seoul Queer Culture Festival’s website for 11 days, from September 19th to September 29th.
During the festival, you can tap or click to visit various booths prepared by many different organizations at the ‘Queer Booth ON’ web page. Participate online in booth programs you were interested in and take a look at their merchandise as well!
Be a part of ‘Queer Booth ON,’ the Seoul Queer Parade’s online booth program you can join at any time, any place from September 19th to September 29th.
Seoul Queer Culture Festival × Parents and Families of LGBTAIQ People in Korea Collaboration Events
■ Talk Show <Rainbow Guide>
□ Sep 24 (Thu), 2020 19:30
□ Online [Parents and Families of LGBTAIQ People in Korea’s YouTube Channel, Seoul Queer Culture Festival’s YouTube Channel (https://www.youtube.com/c/sqcforg/)]
□ How can you navigate your work life as an LGBTQIA+ person?
How is the life of adult LGBTQIA+ people?
This talk show is organized in order to answer the questions LGBTQIA+ teenagers/youth have about their future.
□ ‘Rainbow Guide’ is planned and organized by Parents and Families of LGBTAIQ People in Korea in collaboration with the Seoul Queer Culture Festival Organizing Committee and Pinks: Solidarity for Sexually Minor Cultures and Human Rights.
■ Counseling Center <It’s Okay to Not Be Okay>
□ Sep 20 (Sun) - 24 (Thu), 2020
□ Seoul City Mapo-gu area ※ This event can be moved online depending on the situation.
□ How should I plan coming out to my parents?
Where can I go to talk about the future, my relationships with friends and family, and about coming out?
Come to Parents and Families’ counseling center ‘It’s Okay to Not Be Okay’ and discuss your worries with activist parents of LGBTQIA+ children.
□ Parents and Families’ Counseling Center ‘It’s Okay to Not Be Okay’ is planned and organized by Parents and Families of LGBTAIQ People in Korea in collaboration with the Seoul Queer Culture Festival Organizing Committee.
Counseling will take place under a limited schedule with a limited number of sessions. Once reservations are closed, your reservation applications may not be received.
The 2020 21st Seoul Queer Culture Festival (SQCF)
Sep 18 (Fri) - 29 (Tue), 2020
Online
Organized by the Seoul Queer Culture Festival Organizing Committee
1. Introduction
The Seoul Queer Culture Festival (SQCF) is a public multi-event cultural festival organized with the vision of creating a space where everyone with different identities, including sexual orientation and gender identity, can mingle and enjoy together equally. It takes place every summer in Seoul.
Since the very first “Queer Culture Festival-Rainbow 2000” of 2000, the festival has continued on under the names “Queer Culture Festival-Rainbow OOOO (year),” “Queer Culture Festival” and is now called the “Seoul Queer Culture Festival” following a name change in 2018.
Our main events are the Seoul Queer Parade (SQP) and the Korea Queer Film Festival (KQFF); various other events also take place during the festival.
The festival is hosted and organized by the Seoul Queer Culture Festival Organinizing Committee, formed by citizen volunteers.
※ In 2020, the festival will be held online to prevent the spread of COVID-19.
2. Contact Information
- Website: https://sqcf.org/
- E-mail: contact@sqcf.org
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/sqcforg/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sqcforg
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sqcforg
- Twitter: https://twitter.com/sqcforg
3. Donation
- General donation guidelines can be found in the following link (Korean): https://sqcf.org/donate
- If donating from overseas, you can donate through the following PayPal link: https://www.paypal.me/sqcforg
4. Event Information
The 2020 20th Korea Queer Film Festival (KQFF)
■ Sep. 18 (Fri) - 29 (Tue), 2020
■ Online [Purplay (kqff2020.purplay.co.kr/), Seoul Queer Culture Festival’s YouTube Channel (https://www.youtube.com/c/sqcforg/)]
1) Contact Information
■ Website: https://kqff.co.kr/
■ E-mail: kqff@kqff.co.kr
■ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/sqcforg/
■ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/kqcfkqff
■ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kqcfkqff
■ Twitter: https://twitter.com/kqcfkqff
2) Side Events
■ Opening Ceremony
□ Sep 18 (Fri), 2020 18:00
□ Seoul Queer Culture Festival’s YouTube Channel (https://www.youtube.com/c/sqcforg/)
□ The opening ceremony celebrates the beginning of the 20th Korea Queer Film Festival. It will be held without an audience and will be broadcast live online through the Seoul Queer Culture Festival’s YouTube channel. It consists of an opening statement, trailer introduction, the 20th KQFF introduction, and celebratory performances.
■ GV (Guest Visit, A Talk with the Audience)
□ Blessedness: Monsters and Specters: Sep 27 (Sun), 2020 20:00
□ What should I call you? [Domestic Short Film 1]: Sep 25 (Fri), 2020 20:00
□ Louder and Stronger, Crescendo [Domestic Short Film 2]: Sep 25 (Fri), 2020 21:00
□ Seoul Queer Culture Festival’s YouTube Channel (https://www.youtube.com/c/sqcforg/)
□ A GV is an event that invites a member of a movie’s production team, such as the director, actor, or staff, to communicate with the audience. It will be broadcast live online through the SQCF YouTube channel without any audience on the scene.
■ Q-Talk (Queer movie TALK)
□ Pier Kids [Current Issue 1] - Guest: Edhi Park (MTF transgender activist)
□ All We've Got [Current Issue 2] - Guest: Bbob, Nagi (Managers of the Queer Feminist Bookstore ‘Ccol’)
□ Born To Be [Current Issue 3] - Guest: Eunsil Lee (Soonchunhyang University, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Assistant Professor)
□ Purplay (kqff2020.purplay.co.kr/)
□ Q-talks will be broadcast back to back after the screening of each movie.
□ A Q-talk is an in-depth conversation that focuses on a specific subject discussed in a movie. The talk show features a guest that specializes in the subject. You can watch Q-talks on the online movie theater Purplay after each movie is played.
3) Online Screening
■ Online screening platform: Purplay (kqff2020.purplay.co.kr/)
■ How to use: Through Purplay’s PC or mobile website
■ Duration: Sep 18 (Fri) 20:00 - 29 (Tue) 20:00
※ Tickets may be purchased until Sep 29 (Tue), 2020 18:00
■ Ticket price: 7,000 KRW
■ How to purchase tickets: Sign up/log into Purplay’s website and purchase tickets on its [20th Korea Queer Film Festival Online Theater] page.
■ Payment methods: Credit card, KakaoPay, micropayment, real-time wire transfer, PayPal
■ Limitations: The following films have a limited number of tickets available or will be played for only a limited amount of time.
□ <Blessedness: Monsters and Specters> 1,000 tickets
□ <All We’ve Got> 500 tickets
□ <The 34th> Sep 18-25
■ Cancel/Refunds: [Online theaters tickets] cannot be refunded once they are paid for.
※ Tickets cannot be cancelled or refunded even if they were not used within screening time/period.
■ Rating: Ⓖ General audiences / ⑫ Rated 12 / ⑮ Rated 15 / ⑱ Rated 18
■ Signs for side events: GV (Guest Visit) / QT (Queer movie TALK)
■ Notice:
□ International films played at the online theater will only have Korean subtitles available.
□ All films will be watermarked.
4) Program (films)
■ [Current Issue]
□ Pier Kids (QT) ⑮
□ All We've Got (QT) ⑮
□ Born To Be (QT) ⑮
■ [Special Screening Re:connect 1 - The 34th]
□ The 34th Ⓖ
■ [Special Screening Re:connect 2 - Women will end this!: HIV/AIDS]
□ Nothing Without Us - The Women Who Will End AIDS ⑫
■ [Special Screening Re:connect 3 - A Year in Transition]
□ A Year in Transition ⑮
■ [Special Screening Re:connect 4 - Hidden Motions]
□ Third Place ⑮
□ (S)he ⑮
■ [Korean Feature 1]
□ Blessedness: Monsters and Specters (GV, 2020.09.27 20:00) ⑮
■ [Korean Feature 2]
□ My Uncle is Audrey Hepburn ⑮
■ [Korean Shorts 1: What should I call you?] (GV, 2020.09.25 20:00)
□ Mother-in-law ⑫
□ Sabien & Anna Ⓖ
□ Journey to the shore Ⓖ
□ So Shiny Ⓖ
□ A Companion Ⓖ
■ [Korean Shorts 2: Louder and Stronger, Crescendo (GV, 2020.09.25 21:00)
□ Truth and fact ⑮
□ Floating Deep Down Summer Ⓖ
□ Dishonorable Ⓖ
□ Lift off Ⓖ
□ A Good Mother Ⓖ
The 2020 21st Seoul Queer Parade (SQP)
■ Sep 19 (Sat) - 29 (Tue)
■ Online [The Seoul Queer Culture Festival’s Website (https://sqcf.org/), The Seoul Queer Culture Festival’s YouTube Channel (https://www.youtube.com/c/sqcforg/)]
1) Contact Information
■ Website: https://sqcf.org/
■ E-mail: sqpexe@sqcf.org
■ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/sqcforg/
■ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sqpexe
■ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sqpexe
■ Twitter: https://twitter.com/sqpexe
2) Programs
■ Rainbow Live Everywhere
□ Sep 19 (Sat), specific time to be announced later
□ Seoul Queer Culture Festival’s YouTube Channel (https://www.youtube.com/c/sqcforg/)
□ This is a stage performance that will take place online with no audience on the scene. A footage of the performances, filmed safely beforehand, will be broadcast through the Seoul Queer Culture Festival’s YouTube channel on September 19th.
As it will be conducted online, it will include more content that will let you know more about the performers, such as their behind-the-scenes stories that could not be shared before.
On September 19th, enjoy the Seoul Queer Parade’s online stage program ‘Rainbow Live Everywhere’ from wherever you find most comfortable!
□ Lineup: Kuciia Diamant, QcanD, LetzRatz, Starting Point (시발점), Minority solidarity Pungmul band Jangpung, GINGER POP
■ Queer Booth ON
□ Sep 19 (Sat) - 29 (Tue), 2020
□ Seoul Queer Culture Festival’s Website (https://sqcf.org/)
□ Queer Booth On is an online booth program. Booths that consist of web pages will be operated through the Seoul Queer Culture Festival’s website for 11 days, from September 19th to September 29th.
During the festival, you can tap or click to visit various booths prepared by many different organizations at the ‘Queer Booth ON’ web page. Participate online in booth programs you were interested in and take a look at their merchandise as well!
Be a part of ‘Queer Booth ON,’ the Seoul Queer Parade’s online booth program you can join at any time, any place from September 19th to September 29th.
Seoul Queer Culture Festival × Parents and Families of LGBTAIQ People in Korea Collaboration Events
■ Talk Show <Rainbow Guide>
□ Sep 24 (Thu), 2020 19:30
□ Online [Parents and Families of LGBTAIQ People in Korea’s YouTube Channel, Seoul Queer Culture Festival’s YouTube Channel (https://www.youtube.com/c/sqcforg/)]
□ How can you navigate your work life as an LGBTQIA+ person?
How is the life of adult LGBTQIA+ people?
This talk show is organized in order to answer the questions LGBTQIA+ teenagers/youth have about their future.
□ ‘Rainbow Guide’ is planned and organized by Parents and Families of LGBTAIQ People in Korea in collaboration with the Seoul Queer Culture Festival Organizing Committee and Pinks: Solidarity for Sexually Minor Cultures and Human Rights.
■ Counseling Center <It’s Okay to Not Be Okay>
□ Sep 20 (Sun) - 24 (Thu), 2020
□ Seoul City Mapo-gu area ※ This event can be moved online depending on the situation.
□ How should I plan coming out to my parents?
Where can I go to talk about the future, my relationships with friends and family, and about coming out?
Come to Parents and Families’ counseling center ‘It’s Okay to Not Be Okay’ and discuss your worries with activist parents of LGBTQIA+ children.
□ Parents and Families’ Counseling Center ‘It’s Okay to Not Be Okay’ is planned and organized by Parents and Families of LGBTAIQ People in Korea in collaboration with the Seoul Queer Culture Festival Organizing Committee.
Counseling will take place under a limited schedule with a limited number of sessions. Once reservations are closed, your reservation applications may not be received.