The Mandarin-language fencing thriller will vie for the top prize at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival.
SINGAPORE – Singaporean director Nelicia Low’s debut feature film, Pierce, has been invited to compete at the upcoming 58th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival in the Czech Republic.
Low, 33, will be attending the festival, which takes place in the north-western Czech city of Karlovy Vary from June 28 to July 6. She will be joined by select producers, along with the Taiwanese cast, which also includes Golden Horse Award-winning Taiwanese actress Ding Ning as Zijie’s mother. “Pierce was selected for the Crystal Globe competition almost immediately as the selection committee really loved it, and it will be the first time in the festival’s history that a Singapore film competes,” she tells The Straits Times.
Magnify is the sales arm of Magnolia Pictures, an American distribution company that also distributed Oscar-winning South Korean film-maker Bong Joon-ho’s movies in the US. Low drew on her own experiences when she began writing Pierce in 2015, taking particular inspiration from her relationship with her older brother, who has autism.
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