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Hard to the Next Level

A man (German CHEUNG) is penniless but wants to live upstairs, so he has to rent some places that no one will rent. But after he settled down, he realized that he is not alone here.

  • Ivan Law
    Director
  • Monching Lin
    Writer
  • Ivan Law
    Producer
  • German Cheung
    Key Cast
  • Project Title (Original Language):
    硬上一層樓
  • Project Type:
    Short
  • Genres:
    Horror, Drama
  • Runtime:
    5 minutes 33 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    August 1, 2022
  • Production Budget:
    1,000 USD
  • Country of Origin:
    Hong Kong
  • Country of Filming:
    Hong Kong
  • Language:
    Yue Chinese (Cantonese)
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
  • Global Independent Film Festival of India 2023 Season 3 (GIFFI)
    India
    India
    Best Screenplay – Monching Lin
  • Global Independent Film Festival of India 2023 Season 3 (GIFFI)
    India
    India
    2nd Horror Short Film - Foreign
  • Lit Scares International Horror Film Festival 2023
    Harrogate
    United Kingdom
    Officially Selected
  • 4th Indian International Short Film Festival Awards 2023 (ISFFA)
    India
    India
    Officially Selected
  • Lonely Wolf International Film Festival 2023 (LWIFF)
    United Kingdom
    United Kingdom
    Officially Selected
  • Massachusetts Happenstance Horror Fest 2023
    Massachusetts
    United States
    Officially Selected
  • Medellín Horror Fest 2023
    Colombia
    Colombia
    Officially Selected
  • Necro Nancy's Horror Film FestEVIL 2023
    Florida
    United States
    Officially Selected
  • Horror Island Festival 2022
    Palmas
    Spain
    Officially Selected
  • The Cyprus Horror Society 2023
    Cyprus
    Cyprus
    Officially Selected
  • Sin City Horror Fest 2023
    Las Vegas
    United States
    Officially Selected
  • Night of the Horror Festival 2023
    Tienen
    Belgium
    Officially Selected
  • Planet Cinema Fest 2023
    New York
    United States
    Officially Selected
Director Biography - Ivan Law

Ivan Law graduated from the Chinese University of Hong Kong with a master's degree in Visual and Popular Culture Studies. He has extensive experience in shooting, editing, directing and producing short films, commercials and MV. In addition, he has been engaged in professional design for many years, and has participated in more than 3,000 design projects, including images, brands, print advertisements, products, packaging, web pages, mobile applications, etc. Currently, he is mainly working on video production, film marketing and digital media online promotion.

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Director Statement

Hong Kong is so small and everything expensive, living in a subdivided house can lose more than half of the monthly salary, so if you can't afford it but still want to live, what can you do! A man has no choice, he just can rent some places that no one rents, and live in the most crude way. But can you really be sure that this place is nothing else living here besides you? Is Hong Kong still a good place to live?