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Help us to SHOOT SOME DIM SUM!

WHAT IS DIM SUM WESTERN?
Dim Sum Western is the new, quite specific and very small niche sub-genre of Hong Kong Westerns that is desperately looking for works which will give shape & definition. [ here our 1st Dim Sum Western short film http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NN89MdfH0pQ ]

WHATS THIS ALL ABOUT
The Details: Squattertown will be a fictional 5 part mini web series production (total 20-30min) set in Hong Kong. Currently principal photography is scheduled for November 2010, followed by 2 month of post-production and the final release in late January, early February 2011. Distribution will sole take place throughout the internet and mobile devices. We plan to release this series on various mobile apps (like iPad, iPhone, ), depending on the amount of sponsoring/fund raising.

The Idea: Mad Max meets The Good The Bad and The Ugly on the rooftops of Hong Kong

The Story outline: In a time where social anarchy reigns and economic crisis became a worldwide constant in life Hong Kongs society breaks apart into two classes. Rich people living on and under the ground in expensive artificial self-created worlds out of concrete and glass while poor people have to live on top of high rise buildings amidst severe air pollution, creating themselves a now pre-historic social order. The roof tops become an entire city of its own, a city elevated from the ground, a city with its very own rules and fights

DOES THIS HOLD ANY RELEVANCE?
Definitely! The film depicts the unknown culture of illegal squatter housing structures on top of high rise housing blocks in Hong Kong. Due to large scale urban renewal projects those unique micro social systems are about to disappear forever. This project attempts to capture this phenomenon in an artistic way.

WHO THE HECK ARE YOU?
We are a creative wild bunch of film lovers, postgraduate film students and professional indie filmmakers from all corners of the world. Crew members come from China, Hong Kong, Portugal, US, Austria, Germany and however joins us throughout the month to come.

WHATS IN FOR ME?
Squattertown will be a 6 months lasting interactive film experience, with daily updates/news/events which you can simply follow or actively participate in. Supporting us will keep this production alive and running. You decide the degree of involvement and subsequently your own rewards. Apart from that, all financial contributions made (through this web page or directly to us) will be awarded with the items listed on the right.

YOU SAY ITS MY FILM?
Yes, indeed! Throughout the entire production process of this web series we will install a variety of interactive elements, events and competitions that bring you closer into our world of creating Dim Sums. Also, as we run this film totally transparent and under a Creative Commons license it not only bears an interactive but also an open source character. You will BE a part of the series and the series needs your contribution right from the start!

SHOULDNT I RATHER EAT DIM SUMS INSTEAD OF SHOOTING THEM?
Sure, but shooting some is a cultural contribution to the Hong Kongs barely existing local indie film industry ;)

[You still got more questions?! Have a look at that:
http://prezi.com/cb4uwxpde1lf/dim-sum-faq/ ]