USA
Andrew Ahn

The Wedding Banquet

FILM INFO

A gay man makes a deal with his lesbian friend: a green-card marriage for him in exchange for in vitro fertilization treatments for her. Plans evolve as Min's grandmother surprises them with a Korean wedding banquet.

Original title
The Wedding Banquet
Country
USA
Year
2025
Duration
103’
Color / Black&White
Color
Form
Fiction

DIRECTOR:

Andrew Ahn

Andrew Ahn is a queer Korean American filmmaker born and raised in Los Angeles. Ahn's sophomore feature DRIVEWAYS, written by Hannah Bos and Paul Thureen, premiered at the 2019 Berlinale and was nominated for two Independent Spirit Awards for Best First Screenplay and Best Lead Actress. Ahn's first film SPA NIGHT premiered at the 2016 Sundance Film Festival in US Dramatic Competition and won a Special Jury Award for Breakthrough Performance. The film went on to win the 2017 John Cassavetes Film Independent Spirit Award.

Filmography

Fire Island (2022); Driveways (2019); Spa Night (2016)

DIRECTOR:

team

Director
Andrew Ahn
Screenplay
Andrew Ahn, James Schamus
Camera
Ki Jin Kim
Editing
Geraud Brisson
Production Design
Charlotte Royer
Music
Jay Wadley
Cast
Bowen Yang, Lily Gladstone, Kelly Marie Tran
Producer
Anita Gou, Joe Pirro, Caroline Clark, James Schamus
Production
Symbolic Exchange, Kindred Spirit, Shivhans Pictures
World Sales Company
Universal

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