Love Is a Gun (Chinese: æÂÂæ¯ä¸ÂæÂÂæ§Â, "Ai shi yi ba qiang") is a 2023 crime drama film co-written and directed by Lee Hong-chi in his directorial debut. A Taiwanese-Hong Kong co-production, the film premiered at the 80th edition of the Venice Film Festival, in the Venice International Critics' Week sidebar, where it was awarded the Lion of the Future Award for a Debut Film.