Jun Li

Jun Li (; born 3 August 1991 ) is a Hong Kong filmmaker and critic. Li made his feature film debut with Tracey in 2018. He won the Golden Horse Award for Best Adapted Screenplay at the 58th Golden Horse Awards in November 2021 for his second film Drifting. In November 2025, he won the Golden Horse Award for Best Director for his third film Queerpanorama. He is also a member of the Hong Kong Film Critics Society.

Early life Li was born in London and grew up in Hong Kong. After completing his studies, he returned to Hong Kong and joined the University of Hong Kong as a research assistant.

Career Li began making short films as a research assistant at the University of Hong Kong.

Li made his feature film debut with Tracey in 2018 about a married trans woman transitioning in her 50s. Li was brought on later in pre-production, after another director quit the project and actors Philip Keung and River Huang have been cast. Li has not received a Hong Kong government subsidy (such as the First Feature Film Initiative) for all his directorial feature productions. He cited the lack of perceived commercial viability of LGBT films as a barrier to winning such initiatives. The film was nominated for 12 awards at the 58th Golden Horse Awards, making it the most nominated film from that year. He was himself nominated Best Director, Best Film Editing and Best Adapted Screenplay, winning the latter.

Li's third film Queerpanorama (2025) features a gay protagonist and is shot in black and white. He openly criticised Israel for its war crimes in Gaza during his film premiere at the 2025 Berlinale. The incident was widely cited as an example of German censorship against pro-palestinian speech in the next edition.

His play In a Perfect World tells a multi-generational story of a family living in an apartment in Manhattan Chinatown throughout 3 different eras. It opened at the Hong Kong Cultural Centre in November 2025, for which Li won Best Script and Best Play with On and On Theatre Workshop at the 34th Hong Kong Drama Awards.

Style and influences Li cites Ken Loach, Spike Lee, Stanley Kwan

Personal life Li is gay and his partner is an actor in two of his films.

Filmography

Directing, Writing, Editing, Producing

Acting

Awards and accolades