Welcome to the Queer Convergence! Sit back and enjoy this rollercoaster ride of awkwardness, self-discovery, reflection and humor. With a particular emphasis on adolescence and music, the films in this program capture the pains and pleasures of being just who you are.

Joo Si (Russell Argenal) is a fierce, fabulous, and overweight aspiring performer who audi- tions to be a principal backup dancer for an all- female pop singing sensation. This light-hearted and inspiring film will have you dancing in your seat and smiling until the end.

An excerpt from Cho’s forthcoming experi- mental film Golden Golden, this short scene depicts an encounter between two Asian youth, set to the voice of Nat King Cole. This lush, Edwardian fantasia celebrates nature, poetry and queer-transgender desire.

a dedication to 1992, a K-pop idol, and "the boys". Through a collage of found video foot- age, a mirrored dreamscape of fantasy and desire becomes transposed into a kaleidoscope of romantic bliss.LAST TEA PARTY

Saturated with eye-popping colors and insa- tiable desires, Le’s "sexperimental" music video examines historical trauma, collective memory and the effects of rapid modernization in Cam- bodia and vietnam.

This quiet film approaches the silence around female-to-male (FTM) transgender identity by addressing tom and trans-masculine identities in Thai and Thai American communities, and the relationships between gender and language.