Clara Law Clara Law i(A50565 works by) (a.k.a. Clara Law Chuck-Yiu)
Born: Established: 1957 Macao,
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China,
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East Asia, South and East Asia, Asia,
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Gender: Female
Arrived in Australia: 1992
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1 form y separately published work icon Drifting Petals Clara Law , Eddie Fong Ling-Ching , ( dir. Clara Law ) Australia : Lunar Films , 2021 23253862 2021 single work film/TV

'Drifting Petals is inspired by the novels of W. G. Sebald and the meandering aesthetic of classical Chinese gardens; combining memoir, fiction, travelogue, history and personal biography. Law and her long-term writing-producing partner Eddie Fong embark on an entirely fresh and unfettered approach to the creative process over four years. It begins with a filmmaker and a piano student, who first meet in Australia. Two stories intertwine as the characters try to make sense of a past imbued with mystery in Macau, and an uncertain future in Hong Kong. The living and the dead move freely through this loose and charming filmic journey.'

Source: Sydney Film Festival.

1 5 form y separately published work icon Letters to Ali Clara Law , Eddie Fong Ling-Ching , ( dir. Clara Law ) Australia : Madman Cinema , 2004 Z1573017 2004 single work film/TV (taught in 2 units) An 'average' Australian family decides to help in a small way by writing to Ali, a fifteen-year-old Afghan boy detained at Port Hedland, unaccompanied by any relatives. This letter would prove to be the catalyst for a three-year on-going battle with Australian authorities to get Ali, then a minor, out of detention. Filmmakers Clara Law and Eddie Fong contacted Trish in September 2002 after reading the newspaper story and decided to make a film about Ali's case.
1 6 form y separately published work icon The Goddess of '67 Clara Law , Eddie Fong Ling-Ching , ( dir. Clara Law ) Australia : New South Wales Film and Television Office , 2001 Z1533896 2001 single work film/TV

The 'goddess' in this film refers to the Citroën DS (nicknamed 'Déesse'), a famous French car first produced in the fifties. The story concerns J. M., a young, well-to-do Japanese man who desires owning a Déesse. When one comes up for sale in Australia via the internet, J. M. travels there to buy it. Upon reaching his destination, however, he finds the seller and his wife dead and their house inhabited by a seventeen-year-old girl. He initially runs out in horror but returns in order to find out if the car is still there. He and the girl soon afterwards undertake a five-day drive into the outback. It also becomes 'a trip back in time into the early youth of the girl and into her family's chronicle'.

Source: IMDB.

1 14 form y separately published work icon Floating Life Clara Law , Eddie Fong Ling-Ching , ( dir. Clara Law ) 1996 Sydney : Hibiscus Films , Z1565347 1996 single work film/TV

Exploring multicultural themes such as identity, isolation, and alienation, Floating Life tells the story of Mr and Mrs Chan, an aging couple from Hong Kong who move to Australia with their two youngest sons prior to China's takeover of the island in 1997. They stay with a daughter who has already begun a successful career. Meanwhile, their eldest daughter lives in Germany while the eldest son remains in Hong Kong. The Chans are forced to confront some difficulties due to their dislocation and their position between two cultures, but retain high expectations.

1 2 form y separately published work icon Temptation of a Monk You Seng Eddie Fong Ling-Ching , Clara Law , ( dir. Clara Law ) Hong Kong : Golden Harvest Company Tedpoly Films , 1993 Z1794692 1993 single work film/TV

In the early years of the Tang dynasty, a general retreats to a remote monastery after a political coup.

1 7 form y separately published work icon Autumn Moon Qiu Yue Eddie Fong Ling-Ching , ( dir. Clara Law ) Hong Kong Japan : Trix Films Eizo Tanteisha , 1992 Z1310445 1992 single work film/TV A fifteen-year-old Hong Kong girl befriends a twenty-something Japanese man who is visiting Hong Kong.
1 Farewell, China Eddie Fong Ling-Ching , Clara Law , 1990 single work drama
1 The Reincarnation of Golden Lotus Eddie Fong Ling-Ching , Clara Law , 1989 single work drama
1 The Other Half and the Other Half Eddie Fong Ling-Ching , Clara Law , 1988 single work drama
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