Floating Life
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{{Infobox film
| name = Floating Life
| image = FloatingLife.jpg
| caption = Video tape cover
| director = Clara Law
| producer = Bridget Ikin
| writer = Eddie Ling-Ching Fong
Clara Law
| starring = Annette Shun Wah
Annie Yip
Anthony Wong
| music = Davood A. Tabrizi
| cinematography = Dion Beebe
| editing = Suresh Ayyar
| distributor = Footprint Films
| released = {{film date|1996|6|7|Sydney Film Festival|df=yes}}
| runtime = 95 minutes
| country = Australia
| language = English, German, Cantonese
| native_name = {{Infobox Chinese/Chinese|child=yes|hide=no|header=none
| c=浮生
|l=floating life
| p = fú shēng
|j= fau4 saang1
}}
| budget =
}}
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.Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences{{cite web |title=39 Countries Hoping for Oscar Nominations |publisher=Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences |date=13 November 1996 |url=//www.oscars.org/pressreleases/96.11.13.html |accessdate=5 October 2015 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/19990209110950/http://www.oscars.org/pressreleases/96.11.13.html |archivedate=9 February 1999 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}
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
- Darren Yap
- Nina Liu as Apple
Awards
- 1996: Locarno International Film Festival Silver Leopard (Clara Law)
- 1996: Golden Horse Film Festival Golden Horse Award (Best Original Score: Davood A. Tabrizi)
- 1996: Gijón International Film Festival Best Director (Clara Law)
- 1996: Gijón International Film Festival Grand Prix Asturias (Best Feature: Clara Law)
- 1997: Créteil International Women's Film Festival Grand Prix (Clara Law)
Availability
The film was released on videocassette by Cineplex Odeon and Universal in Canada.{{cite web | url=http://db.cht.gov.mb.ca/FCB/Catalog.nsf/b6ac177941f809bb8625674b004c1db9/f6c473d9de2824c48625674b00601c4f?OpenDocument | title=Floating Life | publisher=Manitoba Film Classification Board | accessdate=15 April 2010 }}{{Dead link|date=December 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} 14 Accompaniment classification. The film was released on DVD in 2006 by Kanopy for limited Australian institutional use.{{cite news | url=http://www.kanopy.com.au/ItemDetail.aspx?id=900012 | publisher=Kanopy | title=Floating Life | accessdate=15 April 2010 }}
Box office
Floating Life grossed $141,398 at the box office in Australia.{{Cite web |url=http://film.vic.gov.au/resources/documents/AA4_Aust_Box_office_report.pdf |title=Film Victoria - Australian Films at the Australian Box Office |access-date=10 November 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110723234802/http://film.vic.gov.au/resources/documents/AA4_Aust_Box_office_report.pdf |archive-date=23 July 2011 |url-status=dead }}
See also
References
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External links
- {{IMDb title|0116325}}
- [https://www.ozmovies.com.au/movie/floating-life Floating Life] at Oz Movies
- [http://colsearch.nfsa.afc.gov.au/nfsa/search/display/display.w3p;adv=yes;group=;groupequals=;holdingType=;page=0;parentid=;query=Number%3A295505;querytype=;rec=0;resCount=10 Floating Life at the National Film and Sound Archive]
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{{Australian submission for Academy Awards}}
Category:Australian drama films
Category:1990s Cantonese-language films
Category:1990s German-language films
Category:Films directed by Clara Law
Category:1990s English-language films