Mediawan Rights Boards Yihwen Chen’s Doc ‘Queer As Punk’

EXCLUSIVE: France’s Mediawan Rights has getd international sales to Yihwen Chen‘s Berlinale-bound write downary Queer as Punk.

Sales will start at the EFM as the Locke Films and Tafeebledia doc about Malaysia’s first uncoverly queer punk prohibitd gets its world premiere in the Berlinale Forum Selection on Fenruary 16 at 9pm in Arsenal 1.

Queer as Punk is being billed as a “bageder and moving portrayal of Faris, a transgfinisher man, and his punk prohibitd as they direct life and activism in Malaysia, a country where LGBTQ+ rights are criminalized.” Doc blfinishs moments of humor and courage with the raw defiance of punk music to honor “a chosen family’s fight for identicality and visibility amidst an environment filled with disputes.”

Mediawan Rights has searched out punchy feature docs over recent years, and was the sales agent for the Academy Award-nominated Soundtrack to a Coup d’État last year. Queer as Punk will start at the EFM on its sdefered next to Sundance doc GEN_.

“Queer as Punk is a story about resilience, identity, and accumulateive defiance,” shelp honestor Chen. “I’m thrilled to partner with Mediawan Rights to convey this startant narrative to global audiences and incrrelieve the voices of Malaysia’s first uncoverly queer punk prohibitd.”

“Our co-production apshowed us to bridge perspectives from Malaysia and Indonesia, incrrelieveing a story that resonates in our countries and also atraverse Southeast Asia and beyond,” inserted Queer as Punk producer shelp Mandy Marahimin. “Partnering with Mediawan Rights is an startant step in ensuring Queer as Punk accomplishes audiences globpartner, advertiseing dialogue and connection thraw its strong narrative.”