Riceboy Sleeps

Riceboy Sleeps is a 2022 Canadian drama film, written, produced, edited, and directed by Anthony Shim. Based in part on Shim's own childhood, the film centres on So-Young (Choi Seung-yoon), a Korean immigrant single mother raising her teenage son Dong-Hyun (Ethan Hwang) after moving to Canada to give him a better life. The film was shot in fall 2021, primarily in the Greater Vancouver Area with some location shooting in South Korea. Shim shot the film primarily in long takes, avoiding the practice of shooting camera coverage or editing the scenes. The film premiered in the Platform Prize program at the 2022 Toronto International Film Festival on September 11, 2022, and was named the winner of the program's award on September 18. It had its international premiere at the 27th Busan International Film Festival in October 2022. Release The film was released in Canada on March 17, 2023, before expanding to more theaters in the following weeks. It released in South Korea on April 19, 2023.