Can You Promise Me One Thing?

1895年，爱恋无法言说，男性共舞是情欲的出口；2024年，同性情欲互动，再正常也不过。男同志小古与阿皓在交友软体相识，共赴旅馆约炮。初见面的两人起先闲聊破冰，但小古表现得异常紧张焦虑，欲海老手阿皓随之安抚。原以为小古是装腔作势的初心者；没想到，随着谈话深入，阿皓发现小古竟然藏匿了一个秘密。

Gay men Gu and Chang meet on a dating app, and head to a hotel for a hookup. The two strangers start with some small talk to break the ice, but Gu seems anxious, prompting Chang to ease him into the mood. As their conversation progresses, Chang discovers that Gu is hiding a secret.

导演：陈宏玮
编剧：陈宏玮
主演：洪德高、冯庭扬
制片人：王姿元
摄影：卫子扬
类型：剧情短片
时长：14分钟
完成时间：2025年
对白语言：汉语普通话
地区：台湾

Director: Bernd Chen
Screenwriter: Bernd Chen
Cast: Te-Gao Hong, Ryan Feng
Producer: Tzu Yuan Wang
Cinematographer: Tz Yang Wei
Genre: Narrative Short Film
Length: 14 min
Year: 2025
Dialogue: Mandarin Chinese
Region: Taiwan

导演、编剧、监製、影评、广告业务经理，东吴法律学系毕业。长年以笔名波昂刺刺从事评论书写，领域涵盖同志电影研究与台湾短片等。现任台湾影评人协会常务理事，曾任台湾国际酷儿影展选片小组、台湾国际女性影展台湾竞赛奖初审、青春影展初审。编剧及监制作品《金鱼缸小姐》入围金马奖最佳剧情短片、克莱蒙费朗国际短片展竞赛。编剧作品《我的妈妈是网友》入围西宁FIRST青年电影展主竞赛。《你可以答应我一件事吗》为其首部导演作品。

A film critic specializing short films, industry analysis, Taiwanese culture and queer culture. His critic explores gender possibilities within the text of films and has interviewed over 50 Taiwanese filmmakers so far. Chen is currently the director of Taiwan Film Critics Society. His engagement and devotion are shown widely among significant events such as 2021-2023 Taiwan International Queer Film Festival, 2021 Women Make Waves International Film Festival and 2022 Golden Harvest Film Festival Awards.
Chen stepped foot in the area of screenwriting in 2022 and is currently working on The Fishbowl Girl, a multi-national queer film. This work has been nominated for Best Narrative Short at the 2024 Golden Horse Awards and Clermont-Ferrand ISFF International Competition. Can You Promise Me One Thing? is his directorial debut.  

从影评人跨越到导演，我试图让作品看得出我的身份。因此我用当代男同志的性社交行为，与影史第一部同志电影进行互文，彰显出《The Gay Brothers》这部电影的历史意义，并提醒观众这部电影的存在。除此之外，我更用声音与颜色暗喻黑白电影到彩色电影的跨度，表现出台湾同志人权的时代进步。

When transitioning from being a film critic to a director, I aim to make my identity evident in my work. Therefore, I juxtapose The Gay Brothers, the first queer film in film history, with a modern hookup scene between two gay men, highlighting not only the existence of this rare work but also the historical significance of on-screen same-sex intimacy. Also, I use the transition in sound and color, such as the shift from black-and-white to color imagery, to draw an analogy to the progress of LGBTQ+ rights in Taiwan.