Lonely Blue Night
Special Screening - Ajyal Film Festival 2021
Johnson Cheng / United States of America / 2020 / 15 min / Colour / DCP / In English, Mandarin / Arabic, English subtitles
Themes: Comedy, Family
Rated: 
Mature subject matter. May not be suitable for minors. Individuals under the age of 15 are not admitted into cinemas
Description
An awkward family reunion at a business dinner leads a Chinese mother to realize the consequences of leaving her daughter in the care of an American homestay family. ‘Lonely Blue Night’ is a nuanced portrait of a family and their largely unspoken relationships. It was an official selection in competition at the 2020 AFI FEST, where it won the Audience Award. Starring Diana Lin, who also featured in ‘The Farewell’, a film screened at Ajyal 2019.
Director
Johnson Cheng
Johnson Cheng is an award-winning Chinese American writer/director. He is an alumnus of Columbia University’s M.F.A. Film Directing/Screenwriting program in NYC, the NYFF Artist Academy, and Film Independent’s Project Involve. An HBO APA Visionary and recipient of the Princess Grace Award, his films have been screened at over 100 international film festivals. Johnson’s debut short, ‘Iron Hands’, screened at Tribeca, TIFF Kids, Palm Springs (Best Student Film).
Credits
- Screenwriter
- Johnson Cheng
- Producer
- Apoorva Charan, Steve Y. Kim
- Cinematographer
- Carlo Canlas Mendoza
- Editor
- Leo Chan
- Music
- Johnny Macmillan
- Cast
- Diana Lin, Lydia Zhou, Peter Boon Koh, Jack Wang