The Breaking Ice
Special Screening
燃冬
Synopsis:
In cold wintry Yanji, a city on China’s northern border, young urbanite Haofeng, visiting from Shanghai, feels lost and adrift. By chance, he goes on a tour led by Nana, a charming tour guide who instantly fascinates him. She introduces him to Xiao, a personable but frustrated restaurant worker. The three bond quickly over a drunken weekend. Confronting their individual traumas, their frozen desires slowly thaw as they seek to liberate themselves from an icy world.
Schedule
November 10th @ 9 PM
Location: The Culver Theater
9500 Culver Blvd, Culver City
Director
Anthony Chen
Anthony Chen is an award-winning writer. director and producer from Singapore. Anthony Chen became the first Singaporean to be awarded at Cannes with short film All MA in 2007. His debut feature “ILO ILO” (2013) was awarded the Camera d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival, followed by 40 awards internationally including 4 Golden Horse Awards. In his sophomore film “WET SEASON” (2019) was nominated for the Platform Prize at the Toronto International Film Festival. Both films are Singapore’s official submissions for the Academy Awards. In 2021, he contributed a short to the ;anthology film “The Year of the Everlasting Storm”. which premiered at Cannes. “DRIFT” marked his English-language debut and premiered at Sundance 2023. THE BREAKING ICE is his first Chinese-language film made in China.
Genre: Drama
Country: China
Duration: 97 min
Language: Chinese
Cast & Crew
Director:
Anthony Chen
Cast:
Zhou Dongyu
Liu Haoran
Qu Chuxiao
Producer:
Anthony Chen
Xie Meng
Cinematography:
Yu Jing-Pin
Editing:
Hoping Chen
Soo Mun Thye
Screenwriter:
Anthony Chen
Sound:
Zhe Wu
