{"id":46308,"date":"2026-03-30T11:43:17","date_gmt":"2026-03-30T09:43:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/frauenfilmfest.com\/?post_type=movie&#038;p=46308"},"modified":"2026-04-10T18:47:42","modified_gmt":"2026-04-10T16:47:42","slug":"between-goodbyes","status":"publish","type":"movie","link":"https:\/\/frauenfilmfest.com\/en\/movie\/between-goodbyes\/","title":{"rendered":"Between Goodbyes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Mieke Murkes, a queer Korean adoptee, grew up in the Netherlands. In adulthood, she finds out that her Korean parents are looking for her and travels to South Korea. The film portrays the challenges of reuniting as a family after so many years, dealing with geographic distance, language barriers, Mieke\u2019s queerness, and the reactions of her parents and sisters. <strong>Between Goodbyes<\/strong> conveys the protagonists\u2019 conflicting feelings respectfully and sensitively, and also gives a voice to the Korean parents, a perspective often missing from such stories. The film poses questions about the legitimacy of separating parents and children in the past. It points to how rigid gender policies and the lack of state support for poor families created a situation where sending hundreds of thousands of South Korean children to Western countries seemed the only solution. <strong>Between Goodbyes<\/strong>\u00a0draws parallels between Mieke\u2019s individual story and broader systemic factors, offering insight into what it has meant for those involved, both in South Korea and in the West, to live with these experiences.<\/p>\n<p>Introduction by Dr. Anja Sunhyun Michaelsen<br \/>\nand talk with Mieke Murkes (Protagonist of the film <strong>Between Goodbyes<\/strong>)<\/p>\n<p>The event will be held in English.<\/p>\n<p>In Cooperation with <em>GeStiK \u2013 Gender Studies in K\u00f6ln<\/em><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Awards for \u00bbBETWEEN GOODBYES\u00ab<\/strong><br \/>\nBest Emerging Filmmaker Award \u2013 DMZ International Film Festival<br \/>\nAudience Award \u2013 San Diego Asian FF\u2019s Spring Showcase<br \/>\nGrand Jury Award for Best Doc Feature \u2013 Los Angeles Asian Pacific FF<br \/>\nSpecial Jury Award for Feature Doc \u2013 Santa Fe International FF<br \/>\nAudience Award \u2013 CinemAsia FF<br \/>\nBest Feature Film \u2013 International Queer &amp; Migrant FF<br \/>\nZinegoak, Grand Award<br \/>\nBest Documentary Award \u2013 Bilbao International LGBT Film Festival<br \/>\nEmerging Documentary Director Award \u2013 Asian American International FF<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":46997,"template":"","movie_year":[755],"movie_genre":[85],"movie_cat":[872,881],"festival":[886],"class_list":["post-46308","movie","type-movie","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","movie_year-755","movie_genre-documentary-en","movie_cat-desired-film-lust-and-queer-en-2026","movie_cat-audience-award-en-2026","festival-886"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Between Goodbyes - Internationales Frauen Film Fest<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/frauenfilmfest.com\/en\/movie\/between-goodbyes\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Between Goodbyes - Internationales Frauen Film Fest\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Mieke Murkes, a queer Korean adoptee, grew up in the Netherlands. 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