EXCLUSIVE: Los Angeles-based distributor Orchid Tree Media has acquired North American rights to Anastasia Tsang’s A Light Never Goes Out, which is Hong Kong’s submission for Best International Feature on the Oscars. A theatrical launch is being lined up in choose cinemas.
Starring Sylvia Chang, who received finest actress at Taiwan’s prestigious Golden Horse Awards for the position, the movie revolves round one girl’s plight to save lots of her deceased husband’s legacy in making neon indicators, which as soon as outlined the cityscape of Hong Kong.
Here is a trailer for the movie, which additionally stars Cecilia Choi, Henick Chou and Simon Yam.
The movie will open on November 10 in New York and Los Angeles, adopted by a platform launch. The preliminary opening will concentrate on Chinese language-skewing websites reminiscent of Flushing (Regal Tangram) and Monterey Park (AMC Atlantic Times Square).
It may also play in competitors on the upcoming Asian World Film Festival in Culver City and could have a screening as a part of the Hawaii International Film Festival’s upcoming Selects programming on November 15.
Tsang’s credit embrace quick movie Marriage Sans Frontieres (2011), exploring transgender points, which was a collection of the Cannes Short Film Corner and winner of Best Short Film on the Seattle Translation Short Film Festival. She additionally directed surreal quick movie Marryland (2015), which screened at Udine Far East Film Festival in Italy.
She additionally co-directed TV sequence Till Death Do Us Part (2018), portraying the complexities of married life, and co-wrote A Journey Of Happiness (2019). A Light Never Goes Out is her function movie directorial debut.