DIRECTOR

Kristi is an award-winning director whose work is a deep dive into vivid worlds featuring themes of duality, family and identity, featuring ordinary people in extraordinary circumstances. Kristi’s work has screened in film festivals all over the world and is distributed by Focus Features.

NO LAW, NO HEAVEN

A man’s life in three vignettes as he navigates his sexual identity amidst tradition in Hong Kong’s notorious Kowloon Walled City.

Producers: Kristi Hoi, Gurt Wong
Director: Kristi Hoi
Writer: Kristi Hoi
Director of Photography: Xiang He
Production Design: Hakan Yoruk
Original Soundtrack by Joel Santos
Editors: Kristi Hoi, Jessie Lee
Starring: Torio Wong, Jam Kwan, Dick Lei, Will Cross
24m
Distributed by Focus Features.

OFFICIAL SELECTIONS & AWARDS

• Student Academy Award (OSCARS) 2021 WINNER – Best Narrative
• The Gotham x JetBlue x Focus Features Student Filmmaker Award 2020 WINNER
• Student BAFTA Award (British Academy of Film and Television Arts) 2021 NOMINATED – Best Live Action
• San Diego International Film Festival 2021 (World Premiere)
• SCAD Savannah Film Festival 2021
• Filmschool Fest Munich 2021
• Melbourne Short Film Festival 2021
• Hong Kong Lesbian and Gay Film Festival 2022
• NewFilmmakers Los Angeles 2022
• Beijing Queer Film Festival 2022
• Arizona Short Film Festival 2022 NOMINATED – Best Short Film
• Flickers’ Rhode Island International Film Festival 2022 SEMI-FINALIST – Short Narrative Film
• Hollywood Shorts Fest 2022 WINNER – Best Cinematography, Best First Time Filmmaker Short, Best Female Student Director
• 2022 LAPFF (Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival) Annual Showcase: Hong Kong Generations of Cinema Shorts Program, Sponsored by the Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office

GIRL FIGHT! (Post-Production)

When pushover Katie struggles to fit in at her new school, she finds friends in the school’s resident misfits, the Westside Widows. Little does she know, with new friends come new enemies.

Producers: Kristi Hoi, Griffith Jones
Director: Kristi Hoi
Writer: Kristi Hoi
Director of Photography: Xiang He
Production Design: Carlee Craig
Editor: Kristi Hoi
Starring: Alison Chang, Stephanie Wong, Shannon Sheridan, Kiki Yeung, Henry Mak
20m

SPIN

When Alysha, a hardened young woman, reflects on memories of her father and surrogate family in the laundromat that rules her life, she must decide to stay and endure or leave it all behind.

Producers: Kristi Hoi, Griffith Jones
Director: Kristi Hoi
Writer: Kristi Hoi
Director of Photography: Bryant Griffin
Production Design: Petra Vasvari
Original Soundtrack by Joel Santos
Editor: Kristi Hoi
Starring: Leigh Jones, Liliana Manansala, Laione Eteaki, Marques Buford, Armando Romero
10m