• Feature Film
  • Drama

Moneyboys

Fei makes a living in the big city working as a hustler. His world collapses when he realizes that his family accepts his money but not his homosexuality. Broken-hearted, Fei struggles to create a new beginning in his life.

Data

Genre
Drama
Category
Feature Film
Financing
Majoritäre Koproduktion
Format
DCP, 100 Min
Release
21.01.2022
Distribution
FILMLADEN Filmverleih GmbH
Admissions
3.149
Funding Film Institute
580.000 €
Share of Austrian production costs
52 %
Share of total production costs
24 %
Television investment
240.000 €
Co-production

Zorba Productions (FR, 33%), Panache Productions (BE, 10%)

International funding

MEDIA-Creative Europe, EURIMAGES, Taiwan Film Commission, CNC, Tax Credit Belgien

Funding program
ÖFI
first run on ORF1 Austrian Broadcasting Service
10.06.2025
Film location
Taiwan
Shooting time
May - July 2019
Days of shooting
39
Completion
Summer 2020
Funding institutions Austria
Filminstitut, Filmfonds Wien
Credits
Production
KGP Filmproduktion GmbH
Producer Austria
Barbara Pichler, Gabriele Kranzelbinder
Director
C.B. Yi
Script
C.B. Yi
DOP
Jean-Louis Vialard
Editor
Dieter Pichler
Sound design
Karim Weth
Costume design
Zoe Wang
Set design
Huei-Li Liao
Cast
Kai Ko (Liang Fei), Chloe Maayan (Lu Lu, Liang Hong, Li Yu), Yufan Bai (Liang Long), J.C. Lin (Han Xiaolai)
Production manager
Jimmy Chou
German Title
Moneyboys
Television investment
ORF (Film/Fernseh-Abkommen), ARTE