A Macau-born and -raised film director and producer, among the most prominent women filmmakers in contemporary Macau. Her film Sisterhood (2017), set in Macau, won the Audience Choice Award at the Macao international film festival and earned Hong Kong Film Award nominations, bringing a local Macau story to the big screen.
Turning Macau's stories into film — with Sisterhood, Tracy Choi brought the small city's women's friendships to the big screen.
Tracy Choi is a Macau-born and -raised film director and producer, among the most prominent women filmmakers in contemporary Macau.
Profile
- Chinese Name: 徐欣羨
- English Name: Tracy Choi
- Born: 5 December 1988 (Macau)
- Domains: Culture · Film
- Subject type: Film director · Producer
Background
Tracy Choi was born in Macau in 1988 and grew up there. She later studied film in Taiwan, turning her observation of and feeling for her home city into creative material.
Career
I. Sisterhood and a Macau story
In 2017 Choi directed the feature Sisterhood, set in Macau and following the friendship and fortunes of two generations of women. It won the Audience Choice Award at the International Film Festival & Awards Macao (IFFAM) and earned two nominations at the 36th Hong Kong Film Awards, bringing a local Macau story to the big screen — an important breakthrough for Macau cinema.
II. Continuing to create
After Sisterhood, Choi has continued to direct and produce, and is active in nurturing and developing Macau's film industry, a leading figure of a new generation of Macau filmmakers.
Key Achievements
- Directed Sisterhood (2017), Audience Choice Award at IFFAM
- Sisterhood earned two nominations at the 36th Hong Kong Film Awards
- Among the most prominent women filmmakers in contemporary Macau
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