Within a Budding Grove
Competition World Premiere
Hong Kong/ China | 2024 | Cantonese | 112 min | Drama/Family | DCP
Synopsis
A Cantonese girl resorts to blackmailing her father’s mistress as a means to raise funds for her boyfriend’s film project, inadvertently igniting a clandestine battle against her own mother. In this tale of a millennial woman’s struggle with a modern-day Oedipus complex, secrets and tensions unravel.
Credits
| Original Title | 在少女花影下 |
| English Title | Within a Budding Grove |
| Country | Hong Kong, China |
| Exhibition Format | DCP |
| Director | Hoby Zhang |
| Producer | Hoby Zhang |
| Screenplay | Hoby Zhang |
| Cinematography | Wu Jianfeng |
| Cast | Yang Xin, Hang Zhenyu, Mo Aoxin |
Company
Southward Film Co., Ltd
Hoby Zhang
hobyzhang@foxmail.com
Sales
Parallax Films
Liuying Cao
info@parallaxchina.com
Director
Hoby Zhang
China
Hoby Zhang, a former press photographer for Southern Metropolis Daily, has garnered recognition for his works. His contributions have earned nominations at festivals, including the 4th Chinese Independent Film Festival and the 11th Beijing Independent Film Festival. His works have also been selected at the 5th Chinese Visual Festival in London. His short films *Distracted* won the Best Actor Award at the 3rd Chongqing Youth Film Festival. *Within a Budding Grove* is his first feature film, the project received the WIP Excellent Production Project Award at the 12th Beijing International Film Festival.
