[2023.01.23] LAST SONG FOR YOU EXCEEDED HK$ 10 MILLION AT THE BOX OFFICE

Ian Chan plays the musically talented youth So Sing Wah and has many guitar playing scenes
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Natalie Hsu, Ian Chan and Ekin Cheng frequently thank the audience for their new THE LAST DANCE
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The Dior Cheng Yi Kin (Ekin), Ian Chan Cheuk Yin, Natalie Hsu (Hui Yan Yi) and Cecilia Choi Sze Wan starred Jill Leung Lai Yin's directing debut, a fresh small scale romance film LAST SONG FOR YOU (GAU BIT CHUNG FUNG) was released on December 20th last year. After a month of hard work on promoting and thanking the audience by the team, it brought good news at the box office as it has exceeded HK$10 million. In addition, Ian has applied for Best Supporting Actor, Best New Actor, and Best Original Film Song considerations and had a great chance for a "triple victory".

As a film based on the dream of a musician, Chan Kwong Wing chose Ekin Cheng's famous old song "My Song" to connection the stories of the teenager and adult So Sing Wah. He also wrote a new song for the film LAST SONG FOR YOU, which was sung by Ekin Cheng and Ian in a very fresh combination.

Performing his classic song MY SONG after more than 20 years, was Ekin moved? Ekin felt that hearing it at different times would have different feelings. "I'm so happy to be able to bring 'My Song' to young listeners of this generation, but I hope everyone lives in the moment. Every song have the same feeling when you listen to it at different times, just like the song LAST SONG FOR YOU; maybe you will have a different feeling when you listen to it in 20 years." As one of the leading actors in a youth romance films, Ian said that he has little to no memories of youth in reality, "First, I attended a boys' school, and secondly, I spent all my energy and time on playing volleyball in secondary school. I didn't have any youthful romance and never tried to run on the beach with my classmates. The memories of the beach are physical fitness training on the beach." It seemed that to become a member of the Hong Kong men's volleyball team, it really took a lot of

Director Leung Lai Yin said, "This is a movie about growing up and finding yourself. To be able to connect the audience with the story is my greatest happiness and makes her hard work even more meaningful."

Hui Yan Yi was asked between two generations of gods Ekin Cheng and Ian, which one did she like more? She awkwardly said, "I like them both. Because I like the young So Sing Wah, I would work so hard to do everything for the adult So Sing Wah. They can't be separated."

In addition, LAST SONG FOR YOU has applied for a number of categories at this year's "43rd Hong Kong Film Awards", including Ekin Cheng for Best Actor and director Jill Leung Lai Yan for Best New Director; The film's theme song LAST SONG FOR YOU would compete for Best Original Film Song, while Ian woud compete for Best Supporting Actor and Best New Actor. Making his film debut, he would have a great chance to receive several nominations including his film WE 12 (12 GWAI TOH).