SHORT | sweep away hungry ghosts
Sweep Away Hungry Ghosts is the wishful reverie of a young Asian man as he struggles to come to terms with his deceased father’s transvestitism.
Imbued with themes of traditional Chinese filial piety, the film explores the shifting role of the parent and the uncomfortable space between sex and gender.
written and directed by . Zhang + Knight // son . Takuro Hama Cheung // ghost . Ken Mai // additional voices . Rebecca King // producer - Luke Tierney // producer . Eleri Evans // commissioning editor . Catherine Bray // commissioning assistant . Jake Cunningham // cinematographer . Ruben Woodin Dechamps // production designer . Elizabeth El-Kadhi // make-up & hair designer . Natasha Lawes // prosthetics & SFX designer . Natasha Lawes // costume designer . Taff Williamson // 1st assistant director . Oliver Waters // 1st assistant camera . Richard Savage // 2nd assistant camera . Lea Aubigne // steadicam . Jake Whitehouse // gaffer . Bill Rae Smith // spark . Carmen Brussosa // sound recordist . Jamie Sotelo // set decorator . Isabella Brazier-Jones // art director . Jos Richardson // artwork . Desmond Mac Mahon // catering . Scott Pattinson // acting coach . Rebecca King // movement coach . Simon Donnellon // runner . Daniel Preston-George // editor . Ellie Johnson at ThenThree // colourist . Daniel De Vue at A52 // post producer . Ed Hoadley // post producer . Jenny Bright // VFX . Ling Ling // sound designer . Robert Ashton // sound designer . Emily Vizard // music by Jonathon Ng // special thanks . Luke Jacobs . Louise & Paul Ramsay . George Ramsay . Aileen Brown . Thatcher Peterson . George Martin . George Rumsey . Karine Gama . Rosie Ashley . Roxanne Farahmand . Mai Nguyen Tri . Doreen Convery . Amelia Potter . Friend // produced by Friend // with Little Dot Studios // for Channel 4