Waiting for money

Waiting for money

LV Dongting • 2024

Duration: 00:29:25
Language: Mandarin, Shanghai dialect
Subtitles: Chinese, English
Country/Region: Mainland China

Two contrasting middle-aged men wander by Shanghai's bridges. One, suited, films shorts to find a wealthy woman for class leapfrog. The other, disheveled and work-averse, expects lifelong fan support. Under the impact of the live streaming economy, the absurdities of the lower strata of this era are gradually unveiled......

Non-Fiction Anthropology Film
Shanghai Homeless Wandering

AWARDS & FESTIVALS

Jury’s Honorable Mention

Sea Film Festival and Forum

China

2024

MUST Chinese Youth Film Festival & Golden Rooster Festival

China

2024

Hishorts! Film Week

China

2024

China Documentary Academy Awards

China

2024

Beijing Student Film Festival

China

2025

30°N Parallel Film Week

China

2025

Best Documentary Award

China-Europe Youth Film Festival

China

2025

Best Documentary Short Award

See·New Power Beijing Film Short Week

China

2025

Top 10 Documentary Shorts

World Nomad Short Film Festival

China

2025

CAST & CREW

LV Dongting LV Dongting

Director

DIRECTOR'S STATEMENT

LV Dongting

LV Dongting

Director

While browsing Douyin, I stumbled upon a video about “Brother Wang,” revealing marginalized groups thriving beneath the metropolis’s glamour. Their identities epitomize our era: empowered by livestreaming and influencer economies, traditional “unemployed drifters” have transformed into “digital-age nomads.” These individuals chase the illusion of boarding the era’s express train, viewing online visibility as a shortcut to upward mobility.

TRAILER

Waiting for money - TRAILER

FILM STILLS

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