Sauna (HKLGFF 2025)

Supported by Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Denmark

World Cinema Dramatic Competition, Sundance Film Festival
Nordic Competition, Göteborg International Film Festival

Denmark / 2025 / 104 mins
Gay, Transgender, Romance
Director in Attendance, Post-screening Sharing#
Hong Kong Premiere

Johan, a drifting receptionist at Copenhagen's only gay sauna, lives for parties and fleeting hookups until he's jolted awake by a feverish, complicated romance with William, a transman. With their connection evolving, Johan finds himself stepping into the empathetic, activist-driven community he has been seeking all his life. As desire transforms into obsession, Johan's world shifts, compelling him to confront the complex facets of love, identity, and longing. With Sauna, debut writer-director Mathias Broe breaks ground with the first Danish film to centre a transgender lead, challenging our rigid ideas about gender, love, and identity in a haze of sweat, steam, and raw emotion.

#14/9/2025 SUN 7:30pm Broadway Cinematheque
25/9/2025 THU 7:30pm Premiere Elements