Walk along the wall

Before dawn, people in a red-walled compound are barricaded by unknown men. The people inside muse on the drastic changes in their lives, as their limits are constantly being tested and pushed.
Cau locks himself in a room for days. He becomes mentally fragile. Mung is wandering in the building, searching in darkness. She records her thoughts wherever she goes. Tung Tung and Coffee cannot withstand the feeling of being trapped. They decide to leave by a dangerous way.
People keep searching in darkness for something, or nothing. Either way, they have to keep moving in this abnormal situation.

  • Kin Pong Ieong
    Director
  • Kin Pong Ieong
    Writer
  • Chi Yan Ho
    Producer
  • Yui Tung Tsang
    Key Cast
  • Chi Yip Kung
    Key Cast
  • Tik Ki Cheung
    Key Cast
  • Man Lam
    Key Cast
  • King Fai Wan
    Key Cast
  • Hau Chun Chan
    Cinematographer
  • Angela Chiu
    Art Director
  • Project Title (Original Language):
    十二點前我要返屋企
  • Project Type:
    Experimental, Short
  • Runtime:
    30 minutes
  • Completion Date:
    February 9, 2021
  • Production Budget:
    34,000 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:
    Yes
  • Student Project:
    No
  • Fresh Wave International Short Film Festival
    Hong kong
    Hong Kong
    June 13, 2021
    Hong Kong
    Official Selection
Distribution Information
  • Fresh Wave Film Festival Limited
    Distributor
    Country: Hong Kong
    Rights: All Rights
Director Biography - Kin Pong Ieong

IEONG Kin-pong creates images in different media. He is interested in both narrative and non-narrative films. Since 2014 umbrella revolution of HK, he made short films on the status of HK people. In 2019 he helped making documentaries of the people during anti-extradition bill movement. These experiences sparked him in making much films about people of HK in difficult times.
He keeps on fighting in Hong Kong.

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Director Statement

This is a film inspired by a major event that happened in HK during the 2019 anti-extradition law movement. The event took place in a school campus, where protesters occupied it in order to block an important traffic tunnel of Hong Kong. The police eventually surrounded the campus, allowing no one to exit unless they surrendered. This film depicted the status of protesters inside the campus during the lockdown. The film goes from solid event to abstract situation, depicting the living and mental status of people under severe governance, political or non-political.