{"id":2513902,"date":"2026-07-23T11:39:39","date_gmt":"2026-07-23T11:39:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2513902"},"modified":"2026-07-23T11:39:39","modified_gmt":"2026-07-23T11:39:39","slug":"venice-lesbian-drama-big-little-things-boards-moebius-for-sales","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/venice-lesbian-drama-big-little-things-boards-moebius-for-sales\/","title":{"rendered":"Venice Lesbian Drama &#8216;Big Little Things&#8217; Boards Moebius for Sales"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tMichelle Zhou\u2019s debut feature \u201c<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/t\/big-little-things\/\" id=\"auto-tag_big-little-things\" data-tag=\"big-little-things\">Big Little Things<\/a>\u201d has landed backing from Hong Kong-based <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/t\/moebius-entertainment\/\" id=\"auto-tag_moebius-entertainment\" data-tag=\"moebius-entertainment\">Moebius Entertainment<\/a>, which will handle worldwide sales and festival representation after the Hong Kong-U.S. co-production earned a berth in the Horizons section of the 83rd <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/t\/venice-film-festival\/\" id=\"auto-tag_venice-film-festival\" data-tag=\"venice-film-festival\">Venice Film Festival<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tThe story centers on a woman who moves back to her native Harbin after spending years in the U.S., only to find herself torn between the relationship she has built with her girlfriend and the pull of her family\u2019s expectations. Zhou\u2019s screenplay weaves together questions of identity, belonging and the compromises required when personal truth collides with inherited obligation.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tBefore its Venice selection, the film had already picked up the Activator Market Potential Award at the 2025 <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2025\/film\/news\/taiwan-golden-horse-film-project-promotion-international-slate-1236503779\/\">Golden Horse Film Project Promotion<\/a> in Taipei, an industry showcase that highlights standout projects from up-and-coming Asian directors.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t\u201c\u2018Big Little Things\u2019 represents the arrival of a distinctive new filmmaking voice,\u201d said Fred Tsui, founder and CEO of Moebius Entertainment. \u201cMichelle Zhou captures the quiet but profound conflicts that define many lives today \u2013 the tension between personal truth and the roles we inherit. Her film is deeply intimate yet universally resonant, and we believe audiences around the world will connect with the heroine\u2019s journey.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t\u201cBig Little Things\u201d is a Hong Kong-U.S. co-production and will premiere at Venice ahead of further festival stops, with Moebius overseeing both its worldwide sales rights and festival strategy.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tSeparately, Moebius has picked up worldwide sales rights outside Taiwan for \u201cHappily Ever After,\u201d the follow-up feature from Taiwanese director Fiona Roan Feng-i, which is set to bow in the <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/t\/toronto-film-festival\/\" id=\"auto-tag_toronto-film-festival\" data-tag=\"toronto-film-festival\">Toronto Film Festival<\/a>\u2018s Special Presentations lineup.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tThe deal reunites Tsui with Roan and producer Clifford Miu, who worked together on Roan\u2019s debut, \u201cAmerican Girl.\u201d Tsui was the sales agent behind that film\u2019s international run, a deal that included placing it with Netflix for a global streaming release.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t\u201cAmerican Girl\u201d bowed at the Tokyo International Film Festival, then traveled the festival circuit to become one of the year\u2019s standout Taiwanese titles. The film collected five prizes at the 58th Golden Horse Awards, with Roan winning best new director, Caitlin Fang taking best new performer and Giorgos Valsamis honored for best cinematography, alongside the Fipresci Prize and the Audience Choice Award.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t\u201c\u2018Happily Ever After\u2019 confirms Fiona Roan\u2019s remarkable talent as a filmmaker with a deeply human voice and an exceptional command of cinematic storytelling,\u201d said Tsui. \u201cAfter our rewarding collaboration on \u2018American Girl,\u2019 I am delighted to be working again with Fiona and producer Clifford Miu. We believe the film will resonate strongly with audiences around the world, and we\u2019re excited to introduce it to international buyers at Toronto.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tSales efforts on \u201cHappily Ever After\u201d begin now, with Moebius expected to firm up additional festival slots and distribution deals in the months leading up to its Toronto premiere.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tTsui founded Moebius Entertainment and has built it quickly into a boutique international sales outfit known for representing high-end Asian and international auteur cinema. Its current roster spans \u201cShe Has No Name\u201d (Peter Chan), \u201cPapa\u201d (Philip Yung), \u201cPeg O\u2019 My Heart\u201d (Nick Cheung), \u201cMy First of May\u201d (Jame Hung), \u201cWild Nights, Tamed Beasts\u201d (Wang Tong) and \u201cDouble Happiness.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tTsui has worked in the industry for more than two decades, moving between roles in acquisitions, festival strategy and international sales along the way. He also works as a film critic, has sat on juries at major festivals, previously served on the boards of the Independent Film &amp; Television Alliance (IFTA) in the U.S. and Rome\u2019s MIA Market, and holds membership in the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source variety.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Michelle Zhou\u2019s debut feature \u201cBig Little Things\u201d has landed backing from Hong Kong-based Moebius Entertainment, which will handle worldwide sales and festival representation after the Hong Kong-U.S. co-production earned a berth in the Horizons section of the 83rd Venice Film Festival. The story centers on a woman who moves back to her native Harbin after [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2513903,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25172],"tags":[496111,495212,97631,333428],"class_list":["post-2513902","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment","tag-big-little-things","tag-moebius-entertainment","tag-toronto-film-festival","tag-venice-film-festival"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Venice-Lesbian-Drama-Big-Little-Things-Boards-Moebius-for-Sales.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2513902","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2513902"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2513902\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2513904,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2513902\/revisions\/2513904"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2513903"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2513902"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2513902"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2513902"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}