Best Friend Forever has unveiled the steamy trailer for “Queerpanorama,” the latest feature by Hong Kong filmmaker Jun Li which world premieres at the Berlin Film Festival. Set in Hong Kong, “Queerpanorama” revolves around a gay man who “impersonates men he has had sex with and brings this new persona with him to his next sex date. Only by pretending to be someone else can he be truly himself,” the synopsis reads. Here’s the trailer: The movie, which is slated to bow in the Panorama section, marks Li’s follow up to “Drifting,” which premiered in competition at Rotterdam in 2021 and won best adapted screenplay at the Golden Horse Awards.
Li said he wrote the movie “at a very dark time of my life and in the face of drastic change in our world.”
“I recalled every little kindness and comfort I received from these strangers I met, and depicted the power of sex and queer solidarity we created in our fleeting encounters,” the director continued. Best Friend Forever co-founders Martin Gondre and Charles Bin described the movie as a “contemporary cruising-story” that “blends a sensitive portrayal to its characters.” The pair said “Queerpanorama” stands out with its “slick black & white photography and hot hook-up sex scenes, offering an elegant and sexy drama with a nouvelle vague feel, reminiscent of Wong Kar Wai or Eric Rohmer.” “Queerpanorama” was produced by Jun Li and Zenni Corbin (“Drifting”) at Good Sin Production and Huang Yue (“The Shadowless Tower”) at La Fonte. The film stars newcomers Jayden Cheung, Erfan Shekarriz, Sebastian Mahito Soukup, Arm Anatphikorn, Phillip Smith, Wang Ko Yuan and Zenni Corbin.