Floating Life

Floating Life
Floating Life
	Video tape cover
Chinese	浮生
Mandarin	fú shēng
Cantonese	fau4 saang1
Literally	floating life
Directed by	Clara Law
Written by	; Clara Law
Produced by	Bridget Ikin
Starring	Annette Shun Wah; ; Anthony Wong
Cinematography	Dion Beebe
Edited by
Music by
Distributed by	Footprint Films
Release date	7 June 1996 (Sydney Film Festival);
Running time	95 minutes
Country	Australia
Languages	English, German, Cantonese

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
as Bing Chan
Anthony Wong as Gar Ming
as Mr. Chan
Cecilia Fong Sing Lee as Mrs. Chan
as Yue
as Chau
as Michael, Yen's husband
as Cheung, Bing's husband
Celia Ireland

Awards[]

1996: Locarno International Film Festival Silver Leopard (Clara Law)
1996: Golden Horse Film Festival Golden Horse Award (Best Original Score: )
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]

References[]

^ Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
^ "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.
^ "Floating Life". Manitoba Film Classification Board. Retrieved 15 April 2010.^{[permanent dead link]} 14 Accompaniment classification.
^ "Floating Life". Kanopy. Retrieved 15 April 2010.
^ "Film Victoria - Australian Films at the Australian Box Office" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 July 2011. Retrieved 10 November 2010.

External links[]

Floating Life at IMDb
Floating Life at Oz Movies
Floating Life at AllMovie
Floating Life at the National Film and Sound Archive

[1] Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences

[69thSubmissions-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.^{[permanent dead link]} 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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