Draft:Edhi Alice



Edhi Alice
에디 앨리스
Directed byIlrhan Kim
Produced bySona Jo
CinematographyChul-nyung Heo, Saebyeol Jeong
Edited byHyuksang Kimsan Lee, Hakmin Lee
Music byMinhwi Lee
Release date
2024
Running time
130 minutes
CountrySouth Korea
LanguageKorean

Edhi Alice (Korean: 에디 앨리스) is a 2024 South Korean documentary film directed by Ilrhan Kim. The film follows Edhi and Alice, two transgender women in South Korea, while also showing parts of the documentary filmmaking process. Queer East listed it as a 130-minute South Korean feature documentary.[1] It had its world premiere at the International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam in 2024.[2]

The film's production credits include Sona Jo as producer and Younghee Han for PINKS as executive producer. IDFA also lists Chul-nyung Heo and Saebyeol Jeong as cinematographers, Hyuksang Kimsan Lee and Hakmin Lee as editors, Eunha Koh as sound designer, and Minhwi Lee as composer.[2] The film is connected to PINKS, a Korean queer feminist documentary collective also known as "Solidarity for Sexually Minor Cultures & Human Rights".[3]

Synopsis

The documentary centers on Edhi, a transgender woman preparing for gender-affirming surgery, and Alice, an older transgender woman who works as a lighting technician. As the film develops, Alice becomes one of the documentary's central subjects, making the film partly about Edhi and Alice's lives and partly about the process of filming them.[1]

IDFA describes the film as having two parts: the first focuses on Edhi as she hopes to feel more comfortable in her body after surgery, while the second turns to Alice, who is at a different stage in her life and transition. The documentary also shows Edhi and Alice dealing with family relationships, public baths, and gender identification before a passport change.[2]

The film also includes the background story of Hui-soo, who was discharged from military service after undergoing gender-affirming surgery while on leave. This places Edhi and Alice’s personal stories within a wider social context in South Korea.[2]

Production

The film was directed by Ilrhan Kim and produced by Sona Jo, with Younghee Han for PINKS listed as executive producer by the International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam. Other production credits include Chul-nyung Heo and Saebyeol Jeong as cinematographers, Hyuksang Kimsan Lee and Hakmin Lee as editors, Eunha Koh as sound designer, and Minhwi Lee as composer.[2]

The film was produced in connection with PINKS, a Korean queer feminist documentary collective. The International Documentary Association describes PINKS as a collective also known as "Solidarity for Sexually Minor Cultures & Human Rights", whose work is connected to gender equality, legal reform for sexual minorities, and labor movements in South Korea.[3]

Queer East described Edhi Alice as a film in which Kim examines how documentaries about trans communities are made, including the creative decisions, relationships, and ethical questions involved in the process.[1] The film's production therefore draws attention not only to Edhi and Alice as documentary subjects, but also to the relationship between the filmmaker, the crew, and the people represented on screen.[1]

Release

Edhi Alice premiered at the International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam (IDFA) in 2024.[2] The film was screened as the closing-night presentation of Queer East at the Institute of Contemporary Arts in London on 18 May 2025, followed by an in-person Q&A with director Ilrhan Kim.[4]

It later screened in university and community settings, including a 2026 Los Angeles screening presented by GYOPO, the International Documentary Association, and PINKS at the Japanese American National Museum,[5] and a Stanford University screening and Q&A with Ilrhan Kim, Ohyeon Kwon, Edhi, and Alice.[6]

Reception

Jennie Kermode of Eye for Film wrote that Edhi Alice avoids treating transgender identity as a single universal experience. She argued that the film places two Korean transgender women side by side while showing that their lives are different, even when they face related social pressures. Kermode also noted that the film’s structured form still allows natural moments with its subjects to emerge.[7]

Queer East described the film as an examination of how documentaries about trans communities are made, including the creative decisions, relationships, and ethical questions involved in the process.[1] IDFA described the documentary as an "elegant portrait" of two South Korean women in transition, with the film moving from Edhi’s story to Alice’s.[2]

The Heinrich Böll Foundation discussed Edhi Alice: Reverse in relation to the Korean Queer Film Festival and the cancellation of an originally planned venue, framing the film within broader debates over queer visibility and cultural representation in South Korea.[8]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d e "Edhi Alice". Queer East. Retrieved 29 May 2026.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g "Edhi Alice". IDFA Archive. Retrieved 29 May 2026.
  3. ^ a b "Making a Production: PINKS". International Documentary Association. Retrieved 29 May 2026.
  4. ^ "Closing Night: Edhi Alice + Q&A". Institute of Contemporary Arts. Retrieved 29 May 2026.
  5. ^ "EDHI ALICE Screening". GYOPO. Retrieved 29 May 2026.
  6. ^ "Film Screening and Q&A - Edhi Alice". Stanford University Events. Retrieved 29 May 2026.
  7. ^ Kermode, Jennie (12 May 2025). "Edhi Alice (2024) Movie Review". Eye for Film. Retrieved 29 May 2026.
  8. ^ Yoo, Hyejin (23 June 2025). "Reality Is Queer: Censorship, Hypocrisy, and Edhi Alice: REVERSE". Heinrich Böll Foundation. Retrieved 29 May 2026.

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