Thin Walls

Taien Ng-Chan - Writer, director & editor. 2005.
Thin Walls premiered at the Toronto Reel Asian Film Festival, Saturday, November 26, 2005, and was reviewed by Toronto Eye Weekly:

as far as creep factor goes, it's topped by Taien Ng-Chan's weird, Rear Window-esque Thin Walls, in which a cold-addled insomniac is tormented by frightening sobs emanating from her neighbour's apartment. The ending manages to be simultaneously insinuating and ambiguous -- enough to make you want to watch it a second time.

SYNOPSIS

Lil can't sleep. She hears everything through the thin walls of her apartment and the noises keep her up. She resorts to chuggin cough syrup to knock herself out. One night, she wakes up to hear the sound of crying through the walls. She tries to pinpoint its origin without success. Eventually, the crying ceases, and Lil manages to get back to sleep, only to be awoken a little while later by a scream. Determined to find out the source of this potential trouble, Lil goes to investigate. Is it just the neighbours fighting, or is it something more sinister?

Tech Specs

Original Format: 16mm colour         Release Format: DVD (NTSC)

Length: 11 minutes                            Image: Colour

Sound: Mono                                      Aspect ratio: 1:33

Original version: English                  Year of Production:   2005

Credits

Produced, Written and Directed by:     Taien Ng-Chan

Cast:          Christine Lan, Matthew Forbes, Joe Ollmann

Crew:          Mark Seniuk (Director of Photography), Adam Beck (Camera Assistant), Anouk L'Heureux (Assistant Director/Art Direction), J. Michel Bertrand (Sound Operator), Boris Lozo (Boom)

Music by Scott W. Gray

Editor: Taien Ng-Chan

Special Thanks to Joe Ollmann, Matthew Forbes, Andy Brown & Meg Sircom, Roy Cross, Concordia University

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