吴漫
是一位研究者和文化实践者,专注于中国语境下的酷儿表演、电影与文化抵抗。她是北京酷儿影展组委会成员及第7届、第8届、第14届、第15届、第16届影展轮值主席。作为电影人,她参与制作了多部独立酷儿电影作品,包括《鼓楼西》(The Drum Tower, 2019)与《槟榔血》(The Taste of Betelnut, 入围2017柏林电影节)。她的研究关注另类酷儿剧场和社会行动主义,并撰写有论文《边缘中的边缘:2001年至今的北京酷儿影展》,该文收录于曹恺与闻海主编的论文集《后独立影像时代检讨文集》(唐山出版社,2024)。
作为志奋领奖学金(Chevening Scholarship)获得者,她在伦敦大学金史密斯学院(Goldsmiths, University of London)取得应用戏剧硕士学位,在此期间她主要探索了剧场作为政治抵抗空间的潜能。作为职业生涯初期的研究者,她希望通过结合学术研究与艺术实践,推动对酷儿表演的深入理解,探讨文化创作如何抵抗国家压制。
个人创作剧情短片有《一种孤独》、《不存在的选择》、《犯罪现场》、《遗书》。
Jenny Man Wu
She is a researcher and practitioner specialising in queer performance, film, and cultural resistance in China. She is the committee member and former director of the Beijing Queer Film Festival. As a filmmaker, she has worked on independent queer films, including The Drum Tower (2019) and The Taste of Betelnut (Berlinale 2017). Her research examines alternative queer theatre and activism, and she is the author of ‘Unveiling the Unspoken: The Evolution of Beijing Queer Film Festival’ in Reflections in the Post-Independent Cinema Era, edited by Cao Kai and Wen Hai (Tang Shan Publication, 2024).
A Chevening Scholar, she holds a Master of Arts in Applied Theatre from Goldsmiths, University of London, where she explored theatre as a site of political resistance. As an early-career researcher, she aims to bridge academic and artistic approaches to queer performance, contributing to a deeper understanding of how cultural production resists state repression.
As producer, she has participated international workshop including Biennale College Cinema 2020, Berlinale Talents Program in 2019, Shanghai International Film Festival Training Program 2020 and FIRST film festival training program in 2014.