Lonely Blue Night
A portrait of a Chinese family in which the consequences of a mother’s decision to leave her daughter in the care of an American homestay family are slowly unearthed when they reunite on one lonely blue night. Starring Diana Lin (THE FAREWELL). Vimeo Staff Pick | Short of the Week 34th AFI FEST (World Premiere | Audience Award) HBO APA Visionaries (Winner) National Board of Review (Winner) 18th IndieLisboa International Film Festival (Best Fiction Award Special Mention) 34th Columbia University Film Festival (Best Film Award, Jury Select) 44th Atlanta Film Festival 30th Aspen Shortsfest 27th Palm Springs International Short Film Festival 9th Ajyal Film Festival 36th Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival 44th Asian American International Film Festival 4th Indy Shorts International Film Festival 6th Coronado Island Film Festival 1st San Diego International ShortsFest 10th Seattle Asian American Film Festival 10th Diaspora Film Festival + More “Communication can not always take place through language. In fact more often than not, the sincerest confessions come from the most surprising of gestures. For its meticulous structure, and for its very controlled and trenchant gaze, we would like to give special mention to Johnson Cheng's LONELY BLUE NIGHT.” - IndieLisboa International Film Festival (Jury Statement) Written and Directed by Johnson Cheng Produced by Apoorva Charan Steve Y. Kim Executive Producer Sydney Lowe Executive Producers – Film Independent Dea Vazquez Francisco Velasquez Starring Diana Lin 林晓杰 Lydia Zhou Peter Boon Koh Jack Wang Cinematography by Carlo Canlas Mendoza, LPS Edited by Leo Chan Casting by Lisa Zambetti, CSA Production Designed by Yuan Wang Costume Designed by Leila Mozhi Li Supervising Digital Colorist Andre Rivas Supervising Sound Editor Karen Baker-Landers, M.P.S.E. Color and Finish by EFILM Sound Post Production Services Provided by Formosa Group Filmed on location in the San Gabriel Valley of L.A. County, California Film Independent: Project Involve Johnson Cheng johnsoncheng.com
