16 minutes that'll wreck your faith in everything. Politicians and triads: a love story.
Based on a true incident in 2019 when a notorious pro-Beijing Hong Kong politician openly displayed his camaraderie with the triad goons who attacked peaceful protestors. Wong's sophisticated, compact drama goes beyond agitprop and grapples with complexities and tensions in the movement. The same district election featured here is documented in Memories to Choke On, Drinks to Wash Them Down.
Acting
Yan Ng's controlled fury burns slow then scalds.
Direction
Wong packs a feature's worth of dread into 16 minutes.
Editing
Ruthless cuts that refuse you breath or relief.
Director
Willis Wong Man-chak
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This premiered alongside other 2020 Hong Kong protest films at international festivals, part of a wave of urgent cinematic testimony before censorship tightened.
The title's bitter irony—'What's Next' was literally what Hong Kongers asked after 2019, with the National Security Law arriving months later as one answer.
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