QINYUAN LEI

• Status Post-production
• Length 82 min
• Production countries Hong Kong / Germany
• Role Director
• Development Storytelling Lab, Docs by the Sea (Indonesia), 2024

My new film, part of my ongoing research into digital communities. It focuses on three young Chinese women who explore love within the subculture of Erciyuan.

Berlin Transgression is a collection of untold stories of lovelorn queens of Berlin fighting to tear down a new, invisible wall which is the basis of our isolation. The film documents how the transvestite, transgender and transsexual artists struggle between two genders, two identities, two lives. It sheds light on the life of the artists who perform mainly at gay bars and fetish clubs. We followed our main characters not only to back-stage but also to their homes where they opened up their hearts about their deepest dreams and desires.

『柏林邊界』是關於柏林牆倒塌後25年，仍在柏林掙扎著尋找愛，推翻人與人之間“柏林牆”的變裝者和跨性別者群體的故事。紀錄片中的主角們大多數都擁有一份位於社會底層的日常工作。夜裡，他們在柏林當地的同性戀酒吧進行變裝表演。這些小小的舞台，是變裝者們為了生存而辛苦工作後，真我活著的地方。電影紀錄了他們在兩種生活，兩個性別之間的徘徊，他們生存在“自由社會”中的“不自由”，在滿足自己最基本的生活需求，以及對夢想、激情和愛的渴望之間的掙扎。