Singapore’s Anthony Chen Finishes Shooting his First Mainland Chinese Movie ‘The Breaking Ice (EXCLUSIVE)

Singaporean filmmaker Anthony Chen has wrapped capturing of his first Mainland Chinese language function “The Breaking Ice.”

Hailed as considered one of Asia’s brightest younger administrators, Chen competed within the shorts competitors at Cannes in 2007 with “Grandma” and gained the Digital camera d’Or together with his debut function “Ilo Ilo” in 2013. His sophomore function “Moist Season” premiered in competitors on the Toronto Worldwide Movie Competition. Each movies have been chosen as Singapore’s official submissions to the Oscars.

Headlining the star-studded Chinese language forged of “The Breaking Ice” are Zhou Dongyu (“Higher Days”), Liu Haoran (the Detective Chinatown franchise) and Qu Chuxiao (“The Wandering Earth”). Zhou and Liu beforehand collaborated on “Hearth on the Plain” which competed at San Sebastian in 2021.

Written and directed by Chen, the movie follows the blossoming relationship amongst three younger adults of their twenties, set over a brief few days within the winter snow.

The movie is produced by Meng Xie and Chen beneath new banner Cover Photos, which funds together with China’s Huace Photos.

“The Breaking Ice” was shot in Yanji, a border metropolis within the north of China, marking the primary Chinese language manufacturing for Chen.

“It was a really memorable expertise particularly for somebody who has grown up in tropical Singapore adjusting to minus 20 climate,” Chen advised Selection. “I shot rain in ‘Moist Season,’ snow and ice in ‘The Breaking Ice,’ subsequent I’d like to work with a number of sunshine. I used to be blessed with an incredible forged and crew who gave a lot to the movie. By the point I used to be out of quarantine, we solely had three weeks to prep a complete function. However we pulled it off with everybody’s dedication. It was a leap of religion for all of us.”

That is Chen’s second time working with Zhou. He directed her for his phase of the pandemic anthology “The 12 months of the Eternal Storm,” produced by Neon, which premiered at Cannes final yr.

Huace Photos handles Mainland Chinese language distribution on “The Breaking Ice” whereas gross sales agent Rediance will deal with worldwide gross sales.

Chen is represented by UTA within the U.S. and Casarotto Ramsay & Associates within the U.Okay. Subsequent up for him is his first English-language function, which is predicted to start out capturing later this yr.

The manufacturing has unveiled its first poster saying its predominant forged and director: