Didi: how to watch, awards, cast and everything we know

Izaac Wang in Didi (Image credit: Focus Features)

The Sundance Film Festival is often a place where indie hit and award-winning movies get their start, and the 2024 new movie Didi was another example of both. After premiering at the 2024 edition of Sundance, the movie, the debut narrative feature for writer/director Sean Wang, arrived in movie theaters over the summer of 2024.

If you need some reminders of some recent Sundance successes, look no further than 2023, when Past Lives was a critical darling (including being named one of WTW's best movies of 2023) and earned a Best Picture nomination. Then you also had a box office hit in Talk to Me, which grossed more than $90 million worldwide at the box office.

Here is everything that you need to know about Didi.

Didi how to watch

Didi is now streaming on Peacock in the US, as well as being available on digital on-demand platforms. The movie is available only on digital on-demand in the UK.

Didi cast

Didi is set to be a breakout role for its primary cast of Asian actors. Starring as the 13-year-old boy at the center of the movie is Izaac Wang, who has previously appeared in Good Boys, Raya and the Last Dragon, Clifford the Big Red Dog and The Santa Clauses TV series.

Joining him are Joan Chen (A Murder at the End of the World, Lust, Caution), Shirley Chen (Quiz Lady, The Resident) and Chang Li Hua, with Didi listed as her first credit on IMDb.

Didi plot

Didi revolves around a 13-year-old boy living in the Bay Area and details the funny, irreverent and effecting experiences of a first-generation Taiwanese American navigating the joy and chaos of adolescence.

Sean Wang wrote the screenplay, which is reportedly inspired by his own childhood.

Didi trailer

Watch the trailer for Didi, which features snippets from its positive reviews, right here:

DÌDI (弟弟) - Official Trailer [HD] - Only In Theaters July 26 - YouTube

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Didi reviews

Didi ended up being "Certified Fresh" on Rotten Tomatoes with a score of 96% from critics and 92% from audiences.

Didi awards

Here's a roundup of the major awards and nominations that Didi has earned to date:

Gotham Awards

Breakthrough Performer — Izaac Wang (nominee)

Independent Spirit Awards

Best First Feature (nominee)
Best First Screenplay — Sean Wang (nominee)
Best Supporting Performance — Joan Chen (nominee)
Best Editing (nominee)

National Board of Review

Top 10 Independent Film

Who is Sean Wang?

As we mentioned, Sean Wang writes and directs Didi, his narrative feature movie debut. However, despite that, Wang is already an Oscar-nominated filmmaker, as his short documentary Nai Nai and Wài Pó was a 2024 Oscar-nominated short. He has a number of other shorts among his directing credits, as well as two full-length documentaries, Lady of the Harbour (2017) and A Marble Travelogue (2021).