The Cube Phantom

  • 73'
  • Hong Kong
  • 2020

“With images we'll declare to the world our desire for freedom. With our bodies we'll express our passion for Hong Kong for the past century.”

The Cube Phantom is unlike any Hong Kong film you've seen: a virtually wordless dance poem in ten parts, it explores the exultation and the tragedy of the city in ten different site-specific choreographed sequences. Naked except for thick chalky paint, three dancers struggle to move: are they prisoners, ghosts, corpses, souls in torment? Sequences inspired by parkour and hip hop bound through waterways of Tai O and Mid Levels' slopes. A stark battle in a vast expressionistic sewer is followed by a feral man in a cage sequence inspired by Cageman (also in this series).

Filmmaker Alan Lau, choreographer Jordann de Santis, composer Anthony Cheng and a troupe of fearless, expressive dancers have created a thrilling, visceral pop/art tribute to the power of Hong Kong's indomitable people.

Also see Talk: Ordinary Heroes

Director
Alan Lau
Premiere
World premiere
Country of production
Hong Kong
Year
2020
Festival Edition
IFFR 2020
Length
73'
Medium
DCP
Language
English
Producers
Peter Yam, Shuk Fong Chong, Min Bahadur Bham
Production Companies
Zocalo Cultural Development Ltd., Shooney Films Pvt. Ltd.
Sales
Blue Island Production Company
Screenplay
Alan Lau
Cinematography
Wong Shek-keung , Jordann De Santis
Editor
Bill Yip, Alan Lau
Production Design
Ng Siu-wai
Sound Design
Antony Cheng
Music
Antony Cheng
Cast
Tung Chung-can , Chan Wing-yip
Director
Alan Lau
Premiere
World premiere
Country of production
Hong Kong
Year
2020
Festival Edition
IFFR 2020
Length
73'
Medium
DCP
Language
English
Producers
Peter Yam, Shuk Fong Chong, Min Bahadur Bham
Production Companies
Zocalo Cultural Development Ltd., Shooney Films Pvt. Ltd.
Sales
Blue Island Production Company
Screenplay
Alan Lau
Cinematography
Wong Shek-keung , Jordann De Santis
Editor
Bill Yip, Alan Lau
Production Design
Ng Siu-wai
Sound Design
Antony Cheng
Music
Antony Cheng
Cast
Tung Chung-can , Chan Wing-yip