High Wire
Synopsis
To keep pursuing this new-found, death-defying aspiration and still be the good daughter her father wants - she lies. Go-wing is going to play a balancing act not just on the wire, but also in real life.
Official Selection BFI London Film Festival 2025 - World premiere
Details
- Year
- 2025
- Type of project
- Features
- Running time
- 105 min
- Format
- Digital, 16mm
- Director
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Calif Chong 1st Feature
- Producer
- Sanjeev Bhanot, Djonny Chen, Sawan Singh
- Executive Producer
- Sanjeev Bhanot, Robin Charley, Djonny Chen, Ian Franses, Chris Gale, Willi Kamarad, Johann Kellerer, Charley McDougall, Jamie McLeod-Ross, Ajay Nehra, Ian Fulton Roberts, Sawan Singh
- Editor
- Nathan Summerfield
- Screenwriter
- Calif Chong, Jackie Lam
- Director of Photography
- Matthew P. Scott
- Production Designer
- Qingling Zhang
- Sound
- Zak Ferguson
- Composer
- Edward Lun
- Principal cast
- Isabella Wei, Ka-Wah Lam, Jackie Lam, Elizabeth Tan, Dominic Lam, Jose Palma, Alina Kovalenko
- Associate Producer
- Lorine Plagnol
Genre
Categories
Production Status
Production Company
A Silent D Pictures production in association with Make a Difference Films, Ajamax Productions
Make a Difference Films
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