Floating Life

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]

Floating Life
Video tape cover
Chinese	浮生
Literal meaning	floating life
Hanyu Pinyin	fú shēng
Jyutping	fau4 saang1
Directed by	Clara Law
Written by	Eddie Ling-Ching Fong Clara Law
Produced by	Bridget Ikin
Starring	Annette Shun Wah Annie Yip Anthony Wong
Cinematography	Dion Beebe
Edited by	Suresh Ayyar
Music by	Davood A. Tabrizi
Distributed by	Footprint Films
Release date	7 June 1996 (1996-06-07) (Sydney Film Festival)
Running time	95 minutes
Country	Australia
Languages	English, German, Cantonese

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.^[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