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Peter Chan’s Toronto-Bound ‘The Road Not Taken’ Boards Moebius Entertainment for International Sales
Hong Kong-based Moebius Entertainment has acquired international sales rights for Peter Ho-Sun Chan’s drama “The Road Not Taken”, ahead of its world premiere in Toronto Film Festival’s Special Presentations programme. The deal gives the film a route to overseas buyers and audiences, extending a partnership between Chan and Moebius founder Fred Tsui after their work on Chan’s previous film, “She Has No Name”.
The film stars Zhou Xun as a television host whose early-onset Alzheimer disease increasingly affects her work and family relationships; Wen Qi plays her daughter and filmmaker Tian Zhuangzhuang plays her father. Moebius will handle sales outside the film’s home market, despite Tsui preparing to become executive director of the Hong Kong International Film Festival Society on 23 September, succeeding Albert Lee.
In short
- Moebius will sell Peter Chan’s new drama internationally.
- “The Road Not Taken” premieres at Toronto Film Festival.
- The film explores early-onset Alzheimer disease.
Explained simply
International sales give a film’s producers a way to seek distributors in countries beyond its home market. A sales company presents the film to overseas buyers, who may acquire rights to show it in cinemas or on other platforms.
Peter Ho-Sun Chan is a Hong Kong filmmaker, and Moebius Entertainment is a Hong Kong-based company led by founder Fred Tsui. The two have worked together before on Chan’s film “She Has No Name”.
“The Road Not Taken” centres on a television host whose early-onset Alzheimer disease affects her work and family life. Its story brings the illness into the context of relationships between three generations.
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