Starring: Jayden Cheung, Erfan Shekarriz, Sebastian Mahito Soukup, Arm Anatphikorn, Zenni Corbin

In this formally assured slow-burn drama, a gay man in Hong Kong cycles through a series of lovers, each time impersonating the last man he slept with. It’s a strange but poignant way of loving: Only by pretending to be somebody else can he come close to being himself. The film unfolds in long, unbroken scenes where conversation, both awkward and intimate, takes center stage. Dialogue feels at once natural and deliberately stilted, capturing the dissonance of early encounters. Shot in gorgeous black and white, this is cinema at its most quietly daring: patient, uncomfortable, and rewarding. QUEERPANORAMA offers a haunting meditation on identity, desire, and the masks we wear to be seen.

“Sometimes when a film ends, emotions rush through one’s mind like a powerful waterfall. This is the case with Queerpanorama. In its simple premise and long unfolding scenes, it quietly hums along. Yet by the end the audacity of the storytelling becomes clear. This film announces an astute, perceptive writer and a major filmmaking voice in Jun Li.” – Murtada Elfadl, Senior Programmer