{"id":4677,"date":"2026-07-22T14:39:15","date_gmt":"2026-07-22T14:39:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/relocationobserver.com\/?p=4677"},"modified":"2026-07-22T14:39:15","modified_gmt":"2026-07-22T14:39:15","slug":"toronto-bound-hong-kong-drama-we-are-born-good-boarded-by-edko-films-for-world-sales","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/relocationobserver.com\/?p=4677","title":{"rendered":"Toronto-Bound Hong Kong Drama \u2018We Are Born Good\u2019 Boarded by Edko Films for World Sales"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<!-- do not apply CSS styles to this element! --><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>\nBill Kong\u2018s Edko Films has come on board to represent \u201cWe Are Born Good,\u201d the debut feature from Hong Kong writer-director Yeung Leung Chuen, handling world sales on the Cantonese-language drama.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/relocationobserver.com\/?p=4675\">\u2018EA Sports FC\u2019 Sets World Cup Recordbreaker Kylian Mbapp\u00e9 as New Cover Athlete (Gaming News Roundup)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n\tThe film will have its world premiere in the Discovery section of the Toronto Film Festival.<\/p>\n<p>\n\tChung Suet Ying, who won best leading actress at the 61st Golden Horse Awards for \u201cThe Way We Talk,\u201d plays Zoey opposite Yeung Wai Lun \u2013 who received a best actor nomination at the 42nd Hong Kong Film Awards for \u201cThe Sparring Partner\u201d \u2013 in the role of Wing-kat. The story begins with a restaurant mishap that ignites a feud between the two characters, both already navigating difficult lives. Their cycle of retaliation deepens until each discovers that the greater threat comes from the people closest to them. Rivals at the outset, Wing-kat and Zoey gradually become the only people who genuinely understand one another.<\/p>\n<p>\n\tThe supporting cast includes Kearen Pang, Lo Chun Yip, Ng Wing Sze and Yan Yuk Yu. Patricia Cheng, a veteran Hong Kong producer with more than two decades of experience whose credits include multiple films directed by Sylvia Chang, produces.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/relocationobserver.com\/?p=4673\">Lily Allen Documentary Set at Prime Video<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n\tYeung Leung Chuen drew the film\u2019s premise from a viral CCTV clip that circulated widely in Hong Kong, showing a market customer and a vendor escalating a minor physical collision into an all-out altercation. \u201cWhen I first saw this footage, I also found it ridiculous and amusing; but then I thought: why? Why would these two individuals escalate a trivial matter into a full-blown fight? What kind of people are they? What are their lives like off-camera?\u201d he said in a director\u2019s statement. He tied that incident to the pressures of contemporary city life. \u201cIn today\u2019s rapidly changing and unpredictable world, urban work is high-pressure and fast-paced, making life difficult,\u201d Yeung said in the statement. \u201c\u2018We Are Born Good\u2019 aims to depict the stories behind those living restlessly in our city.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\n\tBefore his feature debut, Yeung won best director at the 12th Fresh Wave International Short Film Festival for \u201cThe Bridge,\u201d and his screenplay for \u201cHong Kong Family\u201d was selected for the 27th Busan International Film Festival.<\/p>\n<p>\n\tThe crew includes production designer Jasper Tsang Ka Pik, nominated for best art direction at the 44th Hong Kong Film Awards; costume designer Dora Ng, an eight-time Hong Kong Film Awards winner in her category and a two-time Golden Horse Award winner for best costume design; editor Wenders Li, a longtime collaborator of director Pang Ho-cheung; and sound designer Duu Chih Tu, a 13-time Golden Horse Award winner whose past collaborators include Wong Kar-wai, Edward Yang and Hou Hsiao-hsien. 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