“Some distances are not measured in miles, but in time.”
After nearly a decade apart, two former lovers from Hong Kong unexpectedly meet again in the UK, where they have each built a different life. Their reunion brings back memories they have tried to move on from, as they slowly reconnect and begin to see how much has changed. Now living far from home, they are forced to face the distance between who they were and who they have become. Set within the everyday reality of immigrant life, The Distance We Drift is a quiet and intimate story about love, memory, and the way time reshapes people in ways they don’t always realise.
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Cast
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Lee Sonnie Director
United States release March 26, 2026 · Languages Cantonese, English · Original title 離開的我們
Production
Burning Works (UK) ltd.
Production
Languages
Original title
離開的我們
Original language
Cantonese
Spoken on screen
Cantonese · English
Release dates
United States · March 26, 2026
Premiere
Mexico
November 20, 2026 · Premiere · Festival Internacional de Cine en Ensenada (FICEns)
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