In a deserted Hong Kong, a young woman in search of a new family and freedom takes on a race challenge from a gang of inline skaters. Determined to make it, she masters the skaters art of the "push", but at what cost?

Credits: Starring : Whitney Chau Wing Yu, Yip Pui Ki, Gary Yip Ka Yin, Kenus Mok King Lam, Cyrus

Produced by David Attali, Yvonne Trefurth

Cinematography: Safran Lecuivre

Editing: Paul Ducommun-dit-Verron

Music: Ignacio Soler

About the shoot

Speedsters is a rollerblade chase at night in the city of neon lights and, boy, was it a challenge to produce! We wanted to express speed and ran around all round Hong Kong with a rickshaw dolly. Plus, we shot it right in the middle of the pandemic doing our best to comply with social distancing. The shoot was wrapped after 5 amazing nights and everyone ended up just fine! Director's note Our beloved Hong Kong is hurt and it feels that, with the loss of freedoms and COVID-19, forces are against the dreamers. Having lived in this city for 25 years, I feel for it deeply. And more than ever, in spite or maybe because of all the obstacles, I want to make movies. So I set to make a short film that would be fun to do, be about movement as an expression of freedom, make it exciting to watch and a showcase of awesome urban night vistas. It's a test, a genre experiment. For years we have been shooting in the streets and we have a deep knowledge of Hong Kong's amazing locations. When I met world famous champion rollerblader Doon Yuen of Checker In Line skating school, and the amazing rollerblading skating crew of Team Yskate, I knew that if we could chase them around the city, I had a cool short story opportunity. So there we have it: an awesome cast of pro racers, a main protagonist with a goal, obstacles, conflict, and speed in the city. And what if our main character Chase was a metaphor for a hurt city? A cast of pro skaters Of course, a key theme of Speedsters is...Speed. So we needed a team of professional skaters to deliver the action with skill and power. Our cast is made of professionals of the Inline skating world. Whitney Chau Wing Yu, Inline skate Instructor at Team Yskate as Chase Yip Pui Ki, leader of Team Yskate as Blade Gary Yip Ka Yin, who knew how to skate before he walked as Uzod Kenus Mok King Lam, champion figure inline skater as Radar Cyrus, Inline skating champ and Instructor at Checker as Speedmaster

About me David .. and us at Edge of Chæos Hi, nice too meet you, I am David Attali. I am a French director and producer. I have made Asia my home for many years. Here is my personal page that showcases some of my work: https://www.davidattali.com 15 years ago I decided I wanted to make films and founded the production company The Hong Kong Fixer. We have been privileged to collaborate on dozens of film, TV and commercial projects. Recently, we have started pushing our creative agenda and started Edge of Chæos whose mission is to seek and foster artistic talent and change the world. Basically, we want to have fun with cool stories and aesthetic stuff to make an impact and make friends in the process. And today, with COVID-19 shutting down theatres, galleries, museums.. supporting the creative community has never been so crucial! Discover our storyboard, development and production process and exclusive behind the scenes by following our Facebook page. https://www.facebook.com/Speedstershk