Sophie
Short Film, 2015
Set in Kowloon, Hong Kong, 8-year-old, Sophie Cheung is abandoned by her mother, and forced to live and connect with her grandmother.
Credits
Runtime: 13
Directed By: Alexandra Hsu
Written By: Dominique Holmes, Alexandra Hsu
Produced By: Alexandra Hsu, Malay Prakash
Cinematography By: Thomas Wood
Edited By: Alexandra Hsu
Production Design By: Yun Liang
Starring: Charlotte Cheung, Alannah Ong, Siuman Ko
Production Companies: NYU Tisch School of the Arts, Asia, Alexandra House Productions
Film Festivals
Official selection: 22 festivals
- 2014 NYU Tisch Asia Post-Production Grant Award
- 2015 NYU Tisch Asia First Run Craft Awards – Acting, Cinematography
- 2015 Austin Film Festival – Official Selection, In Competition
- 2015 Foyle Film Festival – Official Selection, In Competition for the Light in Motion Awards
- 2015 Bahamas International Film Festival – Official Selection, In Competition
- 2016 NYU Fusion Film Festival – Official Selection, Graduate Film Finalist
- 2016 Cleveland International Film Festival – FilmSlam
- 2016 Sarasota Film Festival – Official Selection
- 2016 Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival – Official Selection, Nominated for the Golden Reel Award
- 2016 Newport Beach Film Festival – Official Selection
- 2016 DC Asian Pacific American Film Festival – Official Selection
- 2016 D&AD Next Director Award Shortlist
- 2016 Columbus International Film and Video Festival – Official Selection
- 2016 Screened at the MOFILM LA MovieJam
- 2016 HollyShorts Film Festival – Official Selection
- 2016 Austin Shorts Fest – Official Selection
- 2016 Citizen Jane Film Festival – Official Selection
- 2016 Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival – Official Selection
- 2016 NewFilmmakers Los Angeles Film Festival (November)
- 2017 New Filmmakers Los Angeles – Nominated for Best Short Foreign Film, Drama
- 2016 Next Generation of Filmmakers Festival – Winner of Best Director and Best Cinematography Awards
- 2017 Portland Oregon Women’s Film Festival – Official Selection
Press Kit
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Trailer
Film Stills
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Production Photos
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