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EXCLUSIVE: This year’s New York Asian Film Festival (NYAFF) will adjacent pinch nan North American premiere of Chinese breakout smash deed Dear You, directed by Lan Hongchun.
Well Go USA will co-present nan movie aft acquiring North America authorities and scheduling a wide theatrical merchandise successful September.
Lan and formed of nan movie will be nan festival’s Closing Night Gala, scheduled for Sunday, July 26, 2026, astatine 8:30PM astatine nan SVA Theatre.
A mini family play filmed successful nan Chaoshan dialect, known crossed overmuch of Southeast Asia arsenic Teochew, Dear You is built astir qiaopi, nan letters sent location by overseas Chinese families that connected loved ones crossed generations.
Made without large stars aliases blockbuster aspirations, nan movie has go nan 2nd biggest merchandise of nan twelvemonth astatine nan Chinese container office, mostly owed to word-of-mouth, grossing $265M (RMB1.8BN). It has besides turned newcomers Li Sitong and Wang Yantong into this year’s biggest acting discoveries successful China.
Director Lan Hongchun, himself from Chaoshan, spent years walking done Thailand and Malaysia collecting oral histories from overseas Chinese communities earlier making nan film. Influenced by Taiwanese head Hou Hsiao-hsien, Dear You follows a young man who travels to Thailand successful hunt of his agelong mislaid grandfather, only to uncover a family concealed that was buried for decades.
NYAFF, which is celebrating its 25th day this year, opens connected July 10 pinch nan North American premiere of Korean filmmaker Yeon Sang-ho’s Colony, which is presently a large deed connected merchandise successful South Korea.
