

Peafowl
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Byun Sung-bin
Description
After the death of her father, Myung makes a pilgrimage to her hometown to lead her father’s funeral ritual, decades after she left in the face of family and community transphobia. Now a professional Waack dancer, Myung seeks to use her coming inheritance to fund her transition. As part of her homecoming, Myung helps her cousin come out and contend with his homophobic parents. A masterfully shot debut feature, Peafowl follows Myung as she confronts her relationship with her family and finds her personal style of dancing.
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Byun Sung-bin makes his feature debut with Peafowl. He previously made the shorts Horn (2014), The Chicken of Wuzuh (2015), Hands and Wings (2019), and God’s Daughter Dances (2020), winner of the audience award at the Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival.
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Film Details
LanguageKorean
Original Language Title공작새
Year2022
PremiereNorth American
Runtime114
CountrySouth Korea
DirectorByun Sung-bin
ProducerByun Sung-bin, Yoon Suk-chan
WriterByun Sung-bin
EditorLee Young-hoo
CinematographerKim Hae-in
MusicCasepeat
CastHae-jun, Kim U-gyeom
Closed CaptionsClosed Captions are not currently confirmed and will be updated soon.
Audio DescriptionAudio Descriptions are not currently confirmed and will be updated soon.
American Sign Language (ASL) InterpretationAmerican Sign Language Interpretation is not currently confirmed and will be updated. For any questions about accessibility at SFFILM Events, please email ADA@SFFilm.org.