Floating Life

Floating Life is a 1996 Australian drama film directed by Clara Law about a Hong Kong family who move to Australia. The film was selected as the Australian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 69th Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee.[1][2]

Floating Life
Video tape cover
Directed byClara Law
Produced byBridget Ikin
Written byEddie Ling-Ching Fong
Clara Law
StarringAnnette Shun Wah
Annie Yip
Anthony Wong
Music byDavood A. Tabrizi
CinematographyDion Beebe
Edited bySuresh Ayyar
Distributed byFootprint Films
Release date
Running time
95 minutes
CountryAustralia
LanguageEnglish, German, Cantonese

Cast
  • Annette Shun Wah as Yen Chan
  • Annie Yip as Bing Chan
  • Anthony Wong as Gar Ming
  • Edwin Pang as Mr. Chan
  • Cecilia Fong Sing Lee as Mrs. Chan
  • Toby Wong as Yue
  • Toby Chan as Chau
  • Julian Pulvermacher as Michael, Yen's husband
  • Bruce Poon as Cheung, Bing's husband
  • Celia Ireland

Awards

Availability

The film was released on videocassette by Cineplex Odeon and Universal in Canada.[3] The film was released on DVD in 2006 by Kanopy for limited Australian institutional use.[4]

Box office

Floating Life grossed $141,398 at the box office in Australia.[5]

See also

References
  1. Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
  2. "39 Countries Hoping for Oscar Nominations". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. 13 November 1996. Archived from the original on 9 February 1999. Retrieved 5 October 2015.
  3. "Floating Life". Manitoba Film Classification Board. Retrieved 15 April 2010. 14 Accompaniment classification.
  4. "Floating Life". Kanopy. Retrieved 15 April 2010.
  5. "Film Victoria - Australian Films at the Australian Box Office" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 July 2011. Retrieved 10 November 2010.
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