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
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. 14 Accompaniment classification. The film was released on DVD in 2006 by Kanopy for limited Australian institutional use.
Box office Floating Life grossed $141,398 at the box office in Australia.
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
References
External links
Floating Life at Oz Movies Floating Life at the National Film and Sound Archive