Same Old
Ajyal Competition
Lloyd Lee Choi / Short Narrative / United States of America, Canada / 2022 / 15 min / Colour / DCP2K
In English, Mandarin / Arabic, English subtitles
Interests: Drama
Synopsis
Lu is a Chinese immigrant living day to day on tips from his job as a delivery worker. He supports his wife and ailing mother as they desperately try to make ends meet in the unforgiving city. One night, his bicycle, and in essence his livelihood, is stolen from him. He’s forced to embark on a desperate journey to reclaim it in this poignant short about the precarious position many zero-contact hour employees regularly find themselves in.
About the Directors
Lloyd Lee Choi is a Korean-Canadian New York based director who found a magical escape with cinema early on. Growing up, he was a regular fixture at the local theatre and, eventually, began to create films of his own. With several awards, including a Silver Cannes Lion for his Cornetto campaign, ‘40 Love’ featuring Lily Allen, Lloyd has gone on to create global campaigns for Google, Chevrolet, Sony, and Peloton. Lloyd also released his first original scripted 30-minute short film, ‘Before Mars’, for National Geographic.
Credits
- Director
- Lloyd Lee Choi
- Screenwriter
- Lloyd Lee Choi
- Producer
- Anthony Zhai Yang, Lloyd Lee Choi
- Executive Producer
- Kamila Prokop, David Richards, Jeff Chana
- Cinematographer
- Norm Li
- Editor
- Lloyd Lee Choi
- Production Company
- Collective Pictures, Division7
- Production Designer
- Kit Sheridan
- Sound
- Tom Bjelic
- Distributor
- Salaud Morisset
- Cast
- Limin Wang, Maggie Law, Anna Wang, Lei Han, Hung Mao Lin