New Trailer For The Wedding Banquet Arrives; Playing At BFI Flare Later This Month

Bleeker Street has released the first trailer for its new romantic comedy The Wedding Banquet, which you can view below!

The film, directed and co-written by Andrew Ahn, stars Oscar Nominee Lily Gladstone (Killers of the Flower Moon) Bowen Yang (Wicked), Kelly Marie Tran (Star Wars: The Last Jedi), Han Gi-Chan (Our Song), Joan Chen (Dìdi), and Oscar-winning actress Youn Yuh-jung (Minari) as we see a group of friends that attempt to solve growing adulthood problems such as staying in the country to avoid deportation and getting pregnant using IVF as complications arise. A mutually beneficial deal is hatched which leads to an extravagant wedding.

Official synopsis: 

A chosen family of four friends each struggling to navigate their adulthood responsibilities and relationships. Angela (Tran) and her partner Lee (Gladstone) have had repeated unsuccessful IVF treatments, and the financial strain is worsening. Min (Han) and his commitment-phobic boyfriend Chris (Yang) can’t agree on taking their relationship to the next level, but Min’s student visa is running out. In an attempt to solve the friend group’s ever-growing problems, Min proposes marriage to Angela to secure his green card in exchange for funding Lee’s IVF treatment. When Min’s skeptical grandmother makes a surprise visit and insists on an extravagant wedding, the friends’ commitment to their scheme – and to one another – begins to waiver.

The Wedding Banquet plays as part of the 2025 BFI Flare Festival, which takes place between March 19th – March 30th.

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The Wedding Banquet is set for release on April 18th in the US, with a UK release still TBC.

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