Floating Life Explained

Floating Life
Director:	Clara Law
Producer:	Bridget Ikin
Starring:	Annette Shun Wah Annie Yip Anthony Wong
Music:	Davood A. Tabrizi
Cinematography:	Dion Beebe
Editing:	Suresh Ayyar
Distributor:	Footprint Films
Runtime:	95 minutes
Country:	Australia
Language:	English, German, Cantonese
Native Name:	Child: yes Hide: no Header: none C: 浮生 L: floating life P: fú shēng J: fau4 saang1

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]}

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

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.^[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

• Cinema of Australia
• List of submissions to the 69th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film
• List of Australian submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film

External links

• • Floating Life at Oz Movies
  • Floating Life at the National Film and Sound Archive

Notes and References

1. Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
2. Web site: [//www.oscars.org/pressreleases/96.11.13.html 39 Countries Hoping for Oscar Nominations ]. . 13 November 1996 . 5 October 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/19990209110950/http://www.oscars.org/pressreleases/96.11.13.html . 9 February 1999 . dead . dmy-all .
3. Web site: Floating Life . . 15 April 2010 . 14 Accompaniment classification.
4. News: Floating Life . Kanopy . 15 April 2010 .
5. Web site: Film Victoria - Australian Films at the Australian Box Office . 10 November 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110723234802/http://film.vic.gov.au/resources/documents/AA4_Aust_Box_office_report.pdf . 23 July 2011 . dead .