Director Jonathan Li and screenwriter Chou Man Yu also attended the post-screening discussion for Dust to Dust. Speaking about adapting the film from real-life case, Jonathan Li shared that the team had initially considered three cases. They ultimately chose this one because they were curious about the real-life figure portrayed by Da Peng, particularly how he lived in hiding for more than twenty years after committing the crime. Rather than focusing on the action scenes of the heist, Jonathan Li said he focused more on diving deeper into the character’s inner journey.

Screenwriter Chou Man Yu added that before they started filming, the team visited the city where the fugitive had lived, even going to the shop he once ran and dining at nearby restaurants, in an effort to immerse themselves in his life. This hands-on experience, he said, made the creative process more meaningful.

Under the theme “Together We Dare to Team Up”, the two directors exchanged witty remarks when talking about their long-standing collaboration. Jonathan Li and Chou Man Yu jokingly said that over the past few years, they had spent more time seeing each other than their partners or families, laughing that after so many years of working together, it had become “a bit boring,” and that they now looked forward to new challenges ahead.