Dance Atop the Wasteland | 荒原樓上一支舞

Goal 參與目標
Funds, Distribution Partner, Festival Screening
籌集資金、發行夥伴、電影節放映

Logline 故事摘要
Three loving friends escaped a party to witness New Year’s fireworks, venturing into the wasteland and each other’s boundary, imagining one day to make a home on this declining land.
三個互有好感又珍重彼此的朋友為一睹除夕煙花，逃離派對到荒原裡探索彼此的距離，幻想終有一天在這沒落中的土地建立家園。

Synopsis 故事大綱
How may one shine brilliance in a declining land? Wood, a pure and kind-hearted girl, and Oscar, a goofy yet loyal friend, fled the party together, led by the sharp but introverted Jeet, venturing across abysses and breaking into a derelict construction site in the wilderness, all to catch a glimpse of the New Year’s Eve fireworks from the best vantage point.

As they waited for the new year in the room, the three discussed the sense of displacement they felt in this city and within their families. Their mood sank deeper. Wood suggested how they would decorate this place if they were to live together, sparking excitement as they danced, feeling each other’s warm breath in the cold night, using dance to test the boundaries of their relationships and explore the unforeseen sexual tension.
The fireworks roared in the distance, which prompted them to dash to the rooftop, only to find the view obstructed by the buildings across, yet at that moment, they were the happiest trio in the city.

我們如何在沒落的土地上璀璨地活著？率性善良的女孩阿木和傻勁又有義氣的 Oscar，一同逃離派對，在敏銳內向的男孩拞衫帶領下，冒險跨過深淵，闖入在荒地的爛尾樓地盤，只為在最佳位置一睹除夕煙花。
在房間內等候新年來臨時，三人談起在這城市、家庭中難尋歸屬的流離感，大家氣氛消沉。阿木提出三人同居會怎樣佈置這個空間，他們興致勃勃，隨歌起舞，在寒夜裡互相感受對方濕潤的吐息，以舞蹈試探彼此的距離、探索未曾展現的性張力。
遠方傳來炮火聲，三人奔向天台，卻只看見被對面大廈擋住的煙花，但這刻他們是城市中最快樂的三人。

Director’s Statement 導演闡述
During my study abroad, I had just ended a long-distance relationship and then my childhood home was suddenly sold by my family. This parted me with the space that nurtured me without a farewell, roots connecting me and the soil were gone. This sense of loss made me burn myself out with indulgent distractions.

With my time here in Hong Kong ticking away, I wanted to explore facets of the city that I hadn’t known before. The most interesting way to do that was to gather a group of similarly lost friends and hit the streets, reigniting the desire to live here.
But first, I wanted to make a film in which the audience could deeply connect with the charm of the characters and feel like they want to be friends with them, a hang-out movie.

去年留學歐洲期間，先是結束一段長距離戀愛，然後童年的居所被家人突然賣掉，與孕育我的空間不辭而別，我頓感難過，彷彿失去了連接土壤的根。這種迷失感令我放縱地燃燒自己。
在港的時間正在倒數，我希望好好探索我以前所不知道的城市面貌。而最有趣的方式，便是聚集一班同樣迷失的朋友上街去，不花一分一毫地透過玩樂重燃在這城市生活下去的欲望。
但首先，我希望拍一部觀眾能深切感受到角色魅力，並想與他們成為朋友的電影。

Parco Wong Lok Hang 王樂行
Graduated from Creative Media at the City University of Hong Kong, is passionate about gender and political issues and aspires to become a director of both fiction and documentary films. Short film No Flight to Bristol was selected for screening at HK.Kino.Berlin, while the screenplay Kapok Falling won the One Cool Scholarship.

剛於香港城市大學創意媒體學院畢業，對性別與政治議題感興趣，希望成為劇情與紀錄片導演。劇情短片《到布里斯托沒有直航》獲選於HK.Kino.Berlin放映，劇本《夏浮絮》奪得「天下一獎學金」。

Leung Kam Fai 梁錦輝
Leung studied economics in university, but filmmaking is his true calling. Started with an apprenticeship under director, Jacob Cheung Chi-Leung, working in various roles. The short film The Captive and the Fugitive tells the unconventional story of a couple making a film. The latest work, Save My Soul, has won the Eye Catcher Incubation Award 2022 and ECG2023 Eye Catcher Jury Award (Work-in-Progress Project).

梁錦輝，大學修讀經濟，電影才是志業。從跟隨張之亮導演實習開始，待過不同崗位。短片作品《到底荒唐》講述一對男女不依循常規地拍攝電影。新作《我是貓》曾奪得奪目廠牌獎2022及ECG2023奪目推薦獎—製作中項目。

Rico Wong Lok Yiu 王樂堯
A recent graduate of HKICC Lee Shau Kee School of Creativity. Wong is a budding creator. Before entering university, he dipped his toes into society before being roughed up. Short film From the Void of Time was selected for the 29th edition of the ifva Open Category. Collaborating with his brother, who is the director.

剛從香港兆基創意書院畢業的迷你創作人。在讀大學前一年，以試水溫姿態步入社會後被焫親。短片《From the Void of Time》入選第29屆ifva公開組。與導演是兄弟檔。