Hong Kong sales and distribution company Golden Scene has acquired the worldwide rights to multiple Golden Horse Awards nominee The Sunny Side Of the Street, starring renowned actor Anthony Wong.
Malaysia-born Hong Kong-based writer-director Lau Kok Rui is vying for six Golden Horse Awards for his feature debut The Sunny Side Of the Street. Shot in Hong Kong, the film is up for best film, best director, best original screenplay and best cinematography for Leung Ming Kai.
Wong (Still Human) and child actor Sahal Zaman have nods for best actor and best new performer respectively for their role as a local taxi driver who forms a special father-and-son bond with a Hong Kong-born Pakistani child refugee.
The film marks the debut project of Petra Films, a new banner under Petra Group, which is a global conglomerate run by Malaysian businessman Vinod Sekhar that focuses on sustainable industries. Sekhar and Darren Shaw serve as executive producers, while producers include Sekhar, Soi Cheang (Limbo), Winnie Tsang of Golden Scene and Peter Yam (Blue Island).
Unable to attend AFM in-person, Golden Scene is promoting this title through the Hong Kong Trade Development Council (HKTDC) booth at the Loews Hotel. Also on its AFM slate is acclaimed director Mabel Cheung’s documentary To My Nineteen-Year-Old Self.
The documentary offers a coming-of-age account of six girls from Cheung’s alma mater, Ying Wa Girls’ School, over the course of 10 years, capturing the transformation of the heritage school against the backdrop of Hong Kong society in its most turbulent years.
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