I Can't Live Without A Dream (2013)
Pak-kiu works as a gaffer while waiting for his first break in front of the camera. An inviting target of ridicule, he remains unwavering that he will rise above the sordid realities of the glamorous world of film-making with his determination to be a proper actor rather than a star. So when he is offered a bit part as a cancer patient in a new film, he jumps at the chance to practise method acting, literally getting into his character and inhabiting him through claiming membership of a support group, which reunites him with an old classmate. However, the reunion, shrouded in a façade of altruistic motive, leaves him ill-prepared for a role in real life that is not so easily dismissed as a character in the script...
Directors: Chan Kin-Long, Jolyon Cheung.
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Chan Kin-Long as Chan Pak Kiu |
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Ranya Lee as Lee Sum Yuet |
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Lee Sheung-Ching as Paul |
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Buber Mak as Ka Wing |
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Franco Chan as Second Assistant Director |
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Jan Curious as Casting Director |
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Nikki Lau Siu-Shu as Assistant director |
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Leslie Ho as Gaffer |
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Ng Ka-Chuen as Best Boy |
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Cheung Wing-sum as Make-Up Artist |
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Howell Tsang Ho Yeung as Ho Yeung |
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Ernest Hui Hei Yu as Assistant Camera |
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Wong Wai Tung as Assistant Camera |
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Jolyon Cheung as Doctor |
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Lau Ching-Wan as Poon Ka Fai (Voice) |
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Gary Ma Ka-Lei as Poon Ka Fai (Double) |
| Directing | Chan Kin-Long | Director |
| Writing | Chan Kin-Long | Writer |
| Camera | Rick Lau Tsz-Kin | Director of Photography |
| Production | Claudia Ho Wing-Tung | Producer |
| Production | Esther Lui | Producer |
| Directing | Jolyon Cheung | Director |
| Directing | Yeung King-lun | Assistant Director |
| Production | Mak Ho Nin | Production Manager |
| Production | Seto Ho Fai | Production Manager |
| Camera | Liu Tin-Chun | "A" Camera Operator |
| Camera | Kwok Wing Kin | "A" Camera Operator |
| Camera | Derek Siu Hing-Wa | "B" Camera Operator |
| Camera | Wong Luk Ho | "B" Camera Operator |
| Camera | Chau Kai Cheung | Steadicam Operator |
| Lighting | Chung Wai Lau | Gaffer |
| Lighting | Wong Wai Tung | Best Boy Electric |
| Lighting | Ernest Hui Hei Yu | Best Boy Electric |
| Lighting | Lam Chi Yu | Best Boy Electric |
| Lighting | Will Or Wai-Lam | Best Boy Electric |
| Lighting | Tse Ho Wai | Best Boy Electric |
| Lighting | Raymond Yeung Chin Pang | Best Boy Electric |
| Lighting | Tsang Tsz-Kin | Best Boy Electric |
| Art | Jessica So | Art Direction |
| Art | Cheung Wing-sum | Art Direction |
| Sound | Tai Tsz Hin | Sound Recordist |
| Sound | Li Chi Fung | Sound Recordist |
| Sound | Beep Tsui Wai-Nga | Boom Operator |
| Editing | Chan Kin-Long | Editor |
| Editing | Karson Ho | Colorist |
| Editing | Mak Ho Nin | Colorist |
| Sound | Jolyon Cheung | Original Music Composer |
| Sound | Tai Tsz Hin | Sound Mixer |
| Camera | Wong Wai Tung | Still Photographer |
| Crew | Jessey Tsang Tsui-shan | Thanks |
| Crew | Nikki Lau Siu-Shu | Thanks |
| Crew | Wong Luk Ho | Thanks |
| Crew | Eric Tsang Hing Weng | Thanks |
| Crew | Chi Him Yuen | Thanks |
| Crew | Wong Chun | Thanks |