United Kingdom / May 02, 2025 / Alchemy Film and Moving Image Festival
Overall average
5.0/10
Plot
As a bird that briefly perches is a cinematic diary that weaves together the filmmaker’s sentiments about homeland with reference to the geology of Hong Kong; an analogy between human nature and greenhouse gardening; and her reflections on the choice of living abroad as she studies the everyday life of migrant farmers and their adaptation on foreign soil, reinterpreting agricultural processes and the migration of species. The work explores the implications of rooting, re-rooting and growing as the artist contemplates on the evolving dynamics between land and human.
Genres
Technical details
| Detail | Value |
|---|---|
| Original title | 擇鳥記 |
| Original language | 广州话 / 廣州話 (CN) |
| Spoken languages | 广州话 / 廣州話 |
| Production countries | Hong Kong, United Kingdom |
| Status | Released |
| Official site | dorothycheung.com |
| Release date | 2 maggio 2025 |
| Editing | Dorothy Cheung |
| Cinematography | Dorothy Cheung |
| Assistant directors | Dorothy Cheung |
| Camera operators | Dorothy Cheung |
| Additional photography | Dorothy Cheung |
Release dates
Premiere
Hong Kong / May 30, 2025 / Asian Avant-Garde Film Festival 2025 @M+ Cinema
Thailand / Aug 24, 2025 / What the Doc! International Documentary Film Festival 2025
Taiwan / May 03, 2026 / Taiwan International Documentary Festival
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