Queer & Trans Negativity Screening: Lan Yu with Director Q&A

The Jackman Humanities Institute Working Group on Queer & Trans Negativity presents a screening of Lan Yu (2001) directed by Stanley Kwan. The screening will feature opening remarks by Bliss Cua Lim and a virtual Q&A with Stanley Kwan moderated by Karen Ren.

Synopsis (from Golden Scene Cinema): “Meant merely as a diversion among his countless one-night stands, Handong’s sexual relationship with a sensitive college boy turns unexpectedly into something deeper – and even a life-changing initiation. Undeterred by Handong’s compulsive promiscuity and impulsive marriage, Lan Yu’s devotion cannot escape its unforgiving fate. Superbly acted by Hu Jun and Liu Ye, Stanley Kwan’s adaptation of an internet novel is a poignant portrait of a gay relationship filled with passion and deception, yearning and regret.”

The screening will take place on Thursday, April 2, 2026 at 7:00pm in Innis Town Hall, Innis College, 2 Sussex Ave, Toronto, ON.

The screening is free but registration is required. Registration will open on Thursday, March 19 at 9:00am on Eventbrite.

This event is sponsored by the Jackman Humanities Institute, the Cinema Studies Institute, the Richard Charles Lee Canada Hong Kong Library, and the Dr. David Chu Program in Asia Pacific Studies.

Innis Town Hall is an accessible venue. If you are interested in attending the event and use an assisted mobility device, please contact the event organizers Avneet Sharma ([email protected]) and Kanika Lawton ([email protected]).

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