2023
year
106
Minutes
Synopsis
Life is not the most fulfilling for sixteen-year-old Meng: Lounging at home with his grieving father on a daily basis, being excluded from his family’s past, and being forced into bullying other kids at school. Everything changes when he is thrown into a life-altering adventure that propels him into an exciting unfamiliar landscape.
Producer(s) or Production Company: Fran Borgia, Jeremy Chua, Stefano Centini, Xavier Rocher, Ico Costa
Screenplay: Jow Zhi Wei
Director of Photography: Russell Adam Morton
Editor: Alexandra Strauss
Music: Ting Si Hao
Sound: Olivier Dandre, Alexandre Hecker
Cast: Leon Dai, Edward Tan, Julius Foo, Lekheraj Sekhar, Neo Swee Lin
Awards - Winner: N/A
Awards - Nominations | Screened | Official Selection: Berlin IFF (World Premiere), Hong Kong IFF (Screened), Vancouver FF (Vanguard Competition), IFF Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (Screened)
Director's Biography
JOW ZHI WEI
Jow Zhi Wei studied at Le Fresnoy Art School in France and the Lasalle College of the Arts in Singapore. Since 2010, he has been a member of the Golden Horse Film Academy in Taiwan. In 2014, he received the Young Artist Award from the government of Singapore. After making three short films that screened at festivals including San Sebastián and Cannes, MÍNG TIAN BI ZUO TIAN CHANG JIU is his debut feature.
- Asian Cinema Competition
- Indian Cinema Competition
- Kannada Cinema Competition
- Contemporary World Cinema
- Country Focus - Germany
- Critics Week
- Bio-Pics
- Kannada Cinema of Popular Entertainment
- Women Power in Filmmaking
- Unsung Incredible India - Films from little known languages
- Retrospective
- Centenary Tributes
- Homages & Remembrances
- Thematic Films on Human Resilience, Rights and Values