A small circus coming to rural England turns out to open up new opportunities and perspectives for a young woman in Calif Chong’s feature film High Wire , which world premiered at the 69th edition of the BFI London Film Festival (LFF), which wraps on Sunday.

“Go-Wing’s future feels predetermined,” reads a synopsis for the movie, which Chong co-wrote with Jackie Lam. “Days are filled with working at her father’s Chinese takeaway and studying. Beneath her sense of duty is a crushing loneliness and the prospect of a life unfulfilled. So, when an acrobatic circus comes to town, with a little accidental blackmail, Go-Wing is able to join them and finds the promise of community, artistic release, and a fulfilling future lived on her own terms.”

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