导演：雷远彬
编剧：雷远彬
主演：奥普拉·唐
制片人：雷远彬
摄影：雷远彬
类型：纪录长片
时长：61分钟
完成时间：2022
对白语言：英语、汉语普通话、马来语、潮汕方言
地区：新加坡
制片公司：Tiger Tiger Pictures
Director: LEI Yuan Bin
Screenwriter: LEI Yuan Bin
Cast: Opera TANG
Producer: LOOI Wan Ping
Cinematographer: LOOI Wan Ping
Genre: Documentary
Length: 61min
Year: 2022
Dialogue: English, Mandarin, Malay, Teochew
Region: Singapore
Production Company: Tiger Tiger Pictures
故事梗概 Synopsis
《新生皇后》展现了一个人去成为理想中的自己过程中所经历的挣扎和喜悦，告诉我们在一个对与众不同的人群并不友好的社会中，开辟一个安全空间意味着什么。影片对酷儿生活的描绘坦率而直观，欢庆激进的自我接纳，并将其作为一种私人的但具有深刻政治色彩的行动。
Baby Queen illuminates the struggles and joys of becoming who you want to be, and what it means to carve out a safe space in a society that is at times cruel to those who are different. Candid and clear-eyed in its portrait of queer life, the film celebrates radical self-acceptance as a personal yet deeply political act.
导演介绍 Director’s Biography
雷远彬是一名导演、剪辑师和摄影师，他的作品《03-FLATS》曾参加釜山国际电影节，《我梦到了新加坡》则在柏林电影节首映。他的第五部长片《新生皇后》在釜山电影节首映，他也是电影团体“13 Little Pictures”的创始成员之一。
LEI Yuan Bin is a director, editor and cinematographer. Lei is known for 03-FLATS (2014), which competed in Busan International Film Festival, and I Dream of Singapore (2019), which premiered at the Berlinale. His fifth feature, Baby Queen premiered at Busan. He is a founding member of film collective 13 Little Pictures.
导演阐述 Director’s Statement
酷儿群体生存在这个性别界限严格的异性恋社会，每天都在不断地进行自我与社会规范的协商。变装社群为他们提供了一个安全的空间，让他们能摆脱这些规范，做真正的自己。而这样一个酷儿支持系统却往往没有得到充分的展现和讲述，而且仍然处在误解中。奥普拉和她90岁奶奶的独特故事尤其迷人。两人之间的关系充满了复杂的情感，也揭示了当代新加坡社会对同性恋的态度。影片邀请观众与奥普拉·唐一起踏上情感之旅，一个新生变装皇后的成长历程。在华丽的妆容和服饰背后，她努力认清自己的身份和所作所为。
Queer people often co-exist within a heteronormative society with strict gender binaries. Everyday is a constant negotiation of self versus societal norms. The drag community offers a safe space for them to escape these norms and be who they truly are. This queer support system is often under-represented, untold and misunderstood.
Particularly charming is the unique story of Opera and her 90-year-old grandma. The relationship between the two of them is filled with complex emotions that also reveals much about social attitudes towards queerness in contemporary Singapore.
The film is an invitation to go on an emotional journey with Opera Tang. It is the coming of age of a baby drag queen. Behind the glamorous make-up and costumes, is a human being trying to make sense of who they are and what they do.
