EDHI ALICE: Screening followed by conversation with filmmakers

Presented by GYOPO x IDA (International Documentary Association) x PINKS

Join us for a screening of Edhi Alice, followed by a conversation with Edhi and Alice, and Director Ilrhan Kim, Producer Sona Jo, and Assistant Director/Associate Producer Ohyeon Kwon

Supported by the Japanese American National Museum (JANM), the UCLA Center for Korean Studies, the USC Korean Studies Institute, the Koreatown Youth + Community Center (KYCCLA), the LA County Arts & Culture, and Visual Communications.

About the Film:

Edhi Alice is a film project consisting of two feature-length documentaries that are both the same and yet different: Edhi Alice: Take and Edhi Alice: Reverse. Conceived under the proposition “Transgender is Cinematic,” the project aims to offer audiences a distinctive cinematic experience while fostering dialogue across the community.

Edhi Alice: Take begins from the perspective of lighting director Alice, who has been pushed away from the film set, as she confronts her own body, and transitions to the journey of another protagonist, Edhi, as she encounters new sensations within her. The film establishes the relationship between the two characters through its cinematic structure, continually drawing the audience’s attention to the act of filmmaking itself. Here, transition extends beyond an individual’s life story, unfolding into a cinematic experience that encompasses relationships, the body, and the perception of space.

American Sign Language (ASL) interpreters are available upon request.