The 39th edition of BFI Flare: London LGBTQIA+ Film Festival (19 to 30 March) today announces its opening night gala is the international premiere of Andrew Ahn’s touching dramedy The Wedding Banquet. Andrew Ahn is expected to be in attendance on the opening night of the festival, Wednesday 19 March, at BFI Southbank.
From director Andrew Ahn comes a joyful comedy of errors about a chosen family navigating the disasters and delights of family expectations, queerness, and cultural identity. Angela and her partner Lee have been unlucky with their IVF treatments, but can’t afford to pay for another round. Meanwhile their friend Min, the closeted scion of a multinational corporate empire, has plenty of family money but a soon-to-expire student visa. When his commitment-phobic boyfriend Chris rejects his proposal, Min makes the offer to Angela instead: a green card marriage in exchange for funding Lee’s IVF. But their plans to quietly elope are upended when Min’s skeptical grandmother flies in from Korea unannounced, insisting on an all-out wedding extravaganza…