Peafowl

Sungbin Byun / South Korea / 2022 / 115 min / English subtitles

Saturday October 7 at 17.00, Musikaliska

In Sungbin Byun’s feature debut we get to know Shin Myung, a fierce trans queen and one of Seoul’s best waackers – a form of voguing that’s heavy on pose. The stakes for the upcoming dance final are high. If she wins, the jackpot will cover her gender affirming surgery. But Shin also has other challenges to face, because with her father’s passing, expectations are placed on her to return home to her rural roots to take part in a traditional, gendered memorial dance.