10’s Across The Borders
Philippines, Singapore, Germany
Production company: Daluyong Studios
World Premiere: Busan International Film Festival 2025 – Documentary Competition
If the world doesn’t accept you and your kind, trailblaze a world that does. Inspired by the Black and Latinx underground Ballroom culture of New York, Sun, Teddy, and Xyza create Ballroom communities in Southeast Asia as safe havens from homophobia, transphobia, color discrimination and HIV stigma. Sun integrates Ballroom into his creative language as a performance artist, while Teddy and Xyza journey to Ballroom’s source in New York City, meeting the icons and pioneers who are their parents from afar.
CREDITS
Director & Writer: Chan Sze-Wei
Editors: Reiner Krausz B.F.S., Chan Sze-Wei
Producers: Alemberg Ang, Tan Si En, Yasmin C. Rams, Chan Sze-Wei, Sophia Sim
Featuring: Aurora Sun Labeija, Teddy Oricci, Xyza Pinklady Mizrahi
World Sales: Rise and Shine World Sales