Sean Wang’s debut feature ‘Dìdi (弟弟)’ won two big prizes at the prestigious Film Independent Spirit Awards.
The film took home best first feature and Wang received best screenplay on Saturday, Feb. 22
“I want to thank my childhood friends who had to deal with seven years of sending them Facebook memories and MySpace photos from 2007 — cringe,” Wang joked as members of his cast and crew — including actors Izaac Wang and Joan Chen — stood behind him.
“When I started writing this movie, I remember googling coming-of-age movies and there wasn’t a single movie that had someone who looked like me or looked like Izaac on the poster,” said the Taiwanese American filmmaker.
‘Dìdi’ was first developed at the Sundance Institute with SFFilm also an early backer of the project. The movie debuted at the 2024 Sundance Film Festival, where it won the U.S. dramatic audience and U.S. dramatic special jury ensemble awards. ‘Dìdi’ is currently streaming on Prime Video.
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