Tens Across the Borders
by CHAN Sze-Wei
documentary feature, in postproduction
Tens Across the Borders tells the story of three trailblazers from the underground ballroom scenes in Thailand, Malaysia, and the Philippines. They are inspired by the history of New York City’s Black and Latinx LGBTQIA+ communities during the 1970’s. We witness their journeys as they hold on to their found families, their dreams of connection with the ballroom culture’s American origins, and the growth of a flourishing community across Southeast Asia.
Profiles
Sun
Teddy
Xyza
Twyloit
Crew
Director
Writer
Producer
Co-Producer
Associate Producer
Cinematographer
Sze-Wei Chan
Sze-Wei Chan
Alemberg Ang and Sze-Wei Chan
Si En Tan and Yasmin Rams
Sun Phitthaya Phaefuang
Tey Clamor, Grace Baeh and Vita Spiess
Director’s Filmography
2022 The Goddess of Potong Pasir
2022 Epiphyte
2021 neveleven
Video installation & film commissioned by the Singapore International Festival of the Arts
2018 Chickadee
Screen.dance Scotland
London International Screendance Festival
ROLLOUT Film Festival Macau
Kinesthesia Festival (UK)
Fifth Wall Festival (Philippines)
2018 Breathing Bones
Signes de Nuit (Paris)
2016 The membrane of the earth’s silence
Video installation for The Third Space Series, Esplanade da:ns festival (Singapore)
2016 Tea Dances
Dança em foco (Rio de Janeiro)
The Outlet Dance Film Festival (New Jersey)
Tiny Dance Film Festival (San Francisco)
Greensboro Dance Film Festival (North Carolina)
La danza en 1 minuto (Torino), Semi-finalist
Hong Kong TV 116 selection by Jumping Frames (Hong Kong)
Fifth Wall Festival (Philippines)
2015 Indivisible
Dança em foco (Rio de Janeiro)
40North Film Festival (San Diego)
Fifth Wall Festival (Philippines)
Programmes & Awards
2023 Singapore Film Commission, New Directors Grant
2023 Sheffield DocFest MeetMarket
2023 Cannes Docs
2022 Hessen Fund
2022 DMZ Development Fund
2022 Busan International Film Festival, Asian Documentary Fund
2021 Dance Nucleus
2021 Purin Pictures
2021 Dance Films Association