Jan 24, 2025 · Luz (Chinese: 花明渡, stylized as LUZ) is a 2025 Hong Kong film directed, produced, and written by Flora Lau. [1] It is Lau's first film since Bends in 2013. [2] The film follows two plots respectively set in Paris and Chongqing: a woman distanced from her stepmother and a man trying to get closer to his daughter. [3] The film debuted at the Sundance Film Festival on January 23, 2025 in the ...

2 days ago · Writer-director Flora Lau discusses her new bold and reality-jumping sci-fi drama at the Sundance Film Festival 2025.

3 days ago · Now premiering at Sundance, the second feature from writer-director Flora Lau is a multiplayer narrative about several characters seeking connection both online and IRL.

1 day ago · Writer-director Flora Lau skillfully world-builds through dualities: subversive parent-child relationships, the blurred line between cyberspace and the physical, the seamless switch between the neon-flooded Chongqing and the neutral-brushed Paris.

Jan 25, 2025 · 'Luz' review: Isabelle Huppert dons a virtual reality headset in new drama opposite Xiao Dong Guo from writer-director Flora Lau.

Jan 24, 2025 · A visual marvel, Flora Lau’s “Luz” is likely to send you out of the theater in search of palpable reality: some grass to touch, maybe, or a hand to hold. Nearly all of her characters are...

Meet Flora Lau, the filmmaker behind “LUZ,” which is playing in the World Cinema Dramatic Competition at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival.

Director and writer Flora Lau, joined by cast members Huang Lu, Mimi Xu, Sandrine Pinna, and Yvette Tang, discusses her latest project, 'Luz,' which takes pl...

Dr. Pui Yan Flora Lau (BSocSc, MPhil, HKU; MSc, DPhil, Oxford) is a sociologist, social researcher, university teacher, higher education administrator and healthcare advocator.

Talk to me about: Higher education, Youth engagement, Teaching and learning, Social Science research, Diversity, Career break, Living in Hong Kong. Flora completed her MSc and DPhil in sociology at St. Cross, Oxford in 2003 and 2009 respectively.