Far Far Away
緣路山旮旯 | Hong Kong | 2022
Midwest Premiere
Hong Kong | Comedy/Romance | 2021 | 95 minutes | in Cantonese w/English subtitles
Director: Amos Why
Producers: Teresa Kwong, Winnie Tsang
Starring: Kaki Shum, Jennifer Yu, Hanna Chan, Cecilia So
Film Source: Golden Scene
Director Amos Why, and producer Teresa Kwong are scheduled to appear in person to introduce the film and the Q&A after the screening.
Moderator: Prof. Ron Falzone
In-Cinema Screening
Saturday, Nov 5 at 2 PM
@ AMC NEWCITY 14
SYNOPSIS
Stumbling through his quest for love, Hau meets five young women of different temperaments that have one thing in common: they all live on the outskirts of Hong Kong. FAR FAR AWAY is a modern romantic comedy that explores human connection and the idea of home.
STILL GALLERY
TRAILER
DIRECTOR
Amos Why
A Hong Kong native and writing for printing media since aged 17, Amos is a Film/TV graduate of HKAPA and held postgraduate qualification in Multimedia, Psychology and Sports. He has been a writer-director for Radio Television Hong Kong’s commissioning documentaries and single episode TV drama since 2001, and he has been awarded 10 production contracts for 22-minute TV dramas and documentaries by Radio Television Hong Kong (RTHK) between 2002 and 2016. Amos Why directed his first feature film ‘Dot 2 Dot’ in 2014, which has been recognized as the film of merit by the Hong Kong Film Critics Society Awards in 2015. Amos Why also worked as a Senior Lecturer at the Open University of Hong Kong from 2014 – 2020, while completing his second feature ‘Napping Kid’ in 2018. His third feature film, ‘Far Far Away’ was selected as the Closing Film of the Hong Kong Asian Film Festival in 2021.
This screening is sponsored in part by
