STAY HOT STAY CHILL
As she prepares the 20th anniversary of LEZS Party, founder AJ reflects on two decades of creating Taiwan’s most iconic lesbian gathering, revealing how one woman’s nightlife vision became a cultural force for visibility and equality.
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“What options do Taiwanese lesbians have for meeting like-minded people and relaxing over a drink and dance? “20 years ago, AJ, who had just returned to Taiwan from San Francisco, started organizing lesbian parties just because of this simple idea. From a few hundred people in the beginning to nearly a thousand people now, she gradually expanded her business to publish Lez’s meeting magazine, establish a brand, and develop cross-border diversity. Along the way, she has accompanied Taiwan’s equal rights leap. LEZS Party has become synonymous with the entertainment culture of lesbians in Taiwan and even Asia.
This film starts from the perspective of Director AJ, presenting the ultimate party planning process for the 20th anniversary of LEZS in Taiwan, as well as her inner emotions, inspirations and beliefs, for her, every party is a dream come true, providing attendees with a space to breathe and relax, and bringing a lot of strength and emotion to their lives.
AJ keeps in faith of more and more Taiwanese lesbians have the courage to challenge the system would make the world hear our own voice eventually.
"台灣的女同志想要認識同路人,想要放鬆自在地喝酒跳舞的選擇有哪些?
20年前甫從舊金山回來台灣的小安只因為這個簡單的念頭開始投入舉辦女女派對,從一開始百餘人到現在近千人,再慢慢擴展事業體到發行Lez’s meeting 雜誌、建立品牌、跨界多元發展,一路上伴隨台灣的平權躍進,女人國派對儼然是台灣甚至亞洲女同志的娛樂文化代名詞。
本片從女人國總監小安的視角出發,呈現女人國20週年在台灣的終極派對籌畫過程,以及深入他內心的情感、啟發和信念,對他而言,每一場派對都是一場夢的實踐,為與會者提供喘息釋放的空間,甚至為他們的人生帶來力量和感動。小安深信,只要越來越多女同志勇於衝撞體制,終將讓世界聽到屬於我們的聲音。"
Screenings
ENCORE: Queer Asian World Cinema
Watch anytime between September 11-21. A dance floor turned into history. A teenager seeing themselves clearly at last. Two best friends holding onto one last summer. A collective…
Queer Asian World Cinema at Chinese Culture Center
A dance floor turned into history. A teenager seeing themselves clearly at last. Two best friends holding onto one last summer. A collective built against silence.
Queer Asian World Cinema at Oakland Asian Cultural Center
Eight films moving between memory, diaspora, and dream where identity flickers, stretches, and insists on being seen.
Queer Asian World Cinema at Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival
Deep connections to Asian American lineages. A dance floor turned into history. Seeking acceptance from family. A teenager seeing themselves clearly at last. Two best friends holding onto…
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Credits
- Director
- Nancy YiYu Chen
- Screenwriter
- Nancy YiYu Chen
- Producer
- HSU YA CHUN
- Executive Producer
- Ann-jiun Wang
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