Inside The Chinese Closet

Sophia Luvarà / Documentary / 2015 / 53' & 72'
Berlin International Film Festival, 2016 - Nomination Teddy Award
DocsBarcelona, 2016 - Nomination New Talent Award
Berlin International Film Festival, 2016 - Nomination Teddy Award
DocsBarcelona, 2016 - Nomination New Talent Award

Andy devotes his days and nights to looking for a lesbian wife of convenience who could possibly bear his child; from online search to underground marriage markets, he is meeting all sorts of girls.
Cherry has already married a gay man, but the quest for a baby proves to be a far more complex challenge.
Will Andy and Cherry deny their own happiness and sexual orientation to satisfy their parents’ wishes?
Inside The Chinese Closet follows Andy and Cherry in their search. Along the way, they clash with their parents’ hopes, their love partners and the partners of convenience. It is through these encounters that the film lays bare the challenges that confront gay people in China today.

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Partners

Broadcaster
NTR
Development financed by
Netherlands Film Fund, Dutch Cultural Media Fund
Financed by
Netherlands Film Fund, Dutch Cultural Media Fund

Credits

Director
Sophia Luvarà
DOP
Ton Peters NSC
Editor
Diego Gutierrez, Stefan Kamp NCE, Patrick Schonewille
Sound
Mike Hough, Qiao Xin, Amos Ho
Sound design & mix
Jeroen Goeijers
Composer
Alex Simu

Festivals

A selection
IDFA, 2015
Berlin International Film Festival, 2016
BFI Flare, 2016
HRWFF, 2016
Docs Against Gravity, 2016
DocsBarcelona, 2016
Ambulante, 2016
DOK.fest Munich, 2016
This Human World, 2016
Thessaloniki International Film Festival, 2016

Awards / Nominations

Berlin International Film Festival, 2016 - Nomination Teddy Award
DocsBarcelona, 2016 - Nomination New Talent Award

Trailer