Floating Life
title: "Floating Life" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["1996-films", "australian-drama-films", "1990s-cantonese-language-films", "1990s-german-language-films", "1996-drama-films", "films-directed-by-clara-law", "1990s-english-language-films", "1996-multilingual-films", "1996-australian-films", "english-language-drama-films"] topic_path: "arts" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Floating_Life" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Floating Life |
| image | FloatingLife.jpg |
| caption | Video tape cover |
| director | Clara Law |
| producer | Bridget Ikin |
| writer | Eddie Ling-Ching Fong |
| Clara Law | |
| starring | Annette Shun Wah |
| Annie Yip | |
| Anthony Wong | |
| music | Davood A. Tabrizi |
| cinematography | Dion Beebe |
| editing | Suresh Ayyar |
| distributor | Footprint Films |
| released | |
| runtime | 95 minutes |
| country | Australia |
| language | English, German, Cantonese |
| native_name | {{Infobox Chinese/Chinese |
| c | 浮生 |
| l | floating life |
| p | fú shēng |
| j | fau4 saang1 |
| :: |
| name = Floating Life | image = FloatingLife.jpg | caption = Video tape cover | director = Clara Law | producer = Bridget Ikin | writer = Eddie Ling-Ching Fong Clara Law | starring = Annette Shun Wah Annie Yip Anthony Wong | music = Davood A. Tabrizi | cinematography = Dion Beebe | editing = Suresh Ayyar | distributor = Footprint Films | released = | runtime = 95 minutes | country = Australia | language = English, German, Cantonese | native_name = {{Infobox Chinese/Chinese|child=yes|hide=no|header=none | c=浮生 |l=floating life | p = fú shēng |j= fau4 saang1 | budget = 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.
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. 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.
References
References
- Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
- (13 November 1996). "39 Countries Hoping for Oscar Nominations". [[Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences]].
- (December 2019). "Floating Life". [[Manitoba Film Classification Board]].
- "Floating Life". Kanopy.
- "''Film Victoria - Australian Films at the Australian Box Office''".
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