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.
Graduated from National Film and Television School, UK, Anthony Chen became the first Singaporean to be awarded at Cannes with short film AH MA in 2007. His debut feature ILO ILO (2013) won 40 awards internationally including Cannes’s Camera d’Or and 4 Golden Horse Awards. His second feature, WET SEASON (2019) premiered at Toronto IFF. Both features are Singapore’s official submissions for the Academy Awards. His latest short film THE BREAK AWAY (2021) premiered in Official Selection at Cannes. His third feature, DRIFT(2023), also his first English-language film, premiered in Sundance.
Huace Pictures
Canopy Pictures
Zhou Dongyu
Liu Haoran
Qu Chuxiao
Director/Screenplay: Anthony Chen
Producer: Meng Xie, Anthony Chen
DOP: Yu Jing-Pin
Art Director: Du Luxi
Costume Designer: Li Hua
Sound Designer: Zhe Wu
Editors: Hoping Chen, Soo Mun Thye
Original Music: Kin Leonn
Cannes Film Festival
Un Certain Regard Competition
