Same Old
Ajyal Competition - Ajyal Film Festival 2022
Lloyd Lee Choi / United States of America, Canada / 2022 / 15 min / Colour / DCP2K / In English, Mandarin / Arabic, English subtitles
Themes : Drama
Rated: 
Parental guidance is advised for viewers under the age of 15. Individuals under the age of 15 are not admitted into cinemas unless accompanied by an individual aged 18 or over.
Description
Lu is a Chinese immigrant living day to day on tips from his job as a delivery worker. He supports his wife and ailing mother as they desperately try to make ends meet in the unforgiving city. One night, his bicycle, and in essence his livelihood, is stolen from him. He’s forced to embark on a desperate journey to reclaim it in this poignant short about the precarious position many zero-contact hour employees regularly find themselves in.
Director
Lloyd Lee Choi
Lloyd Lee Choi is a Korean-Canadian New York based director who found a magical escape with cinema early on. Growing up, he was a regular fixture at the local theatre and, eventually, began to create films of his own. With several awards, including a Silver Cannes Lion for his Cornetto campaign, ‘40 Love’ featuring Lily Allen, Lloyd has gone on to create global campaigns for Google, Chevrolet, Sony, and Peloton. Lloyd also released his first original scripted 30-minute short film, ‘Before Mars’, for National Geographic.
Credits
- Screenwriter
- Lloyd Lee Choi
- Producer
- Anthony Zhai Yang, Lloyd Lee Choi
- Cinematographer
- Norm Li
- Editor
- Lloyd Lee Choi
- Cast
- Limin Wang, Maggie Law, Anna Wang, Lei Han, Hung Mao Lin