避雨 Shelter (2020) | Hong Kong | 25’ | Color | 1.85:1
Production: Radio Television Hong Kong
Director / Scriptwriter: Erica Kwok
Director of Photography: Kira Fung
Production: Radio Television Hong Kong
Director / Scriptwriter: Erica Kwok
Director of Photography: Kira Fung
Adapted from Leung Ping-kwan’s “Rainy Days in San Po Kong,”
the story unfolds in a city drenched in endless rain,
where poets and laborers drift through their days,
their lives quietly brushing against one another.
the story unfolds in a city drenched in endless rain,
where poets and laborers drift through their days,
their lives quietly brushing against one another.
Yip Keung, a delivery man, grows weary of his grey routine.
He dreams himself into the works of Francis Alÿs —
a solitary figure pushing crates through empty streets,
lost in a ritual of absurd devotion,
where effort becomes poetry, and motion becomes meaning.
He dreams himself into the works of Francis Alÿs —
a solitary figure pushing crates through empty streets,
lost in a ritual of absurd devotion,
where effort becomes poetry, and motion becomes meaning.
On YIN, the OWner of a fading publishing house,
lingers among half-packed boxes and secondhand books,
her space more hostel than office, filled with stories and time.
As she prepares to move on, she meets Yip Keung —
a stranger whose presence sparks something gentle.
With his quiet sadness as her guide,
she helps an old poet finish a long-abandoned poem,
one that had waited patiently with only its first line.
lingers among half-packed boxes and secondhand books,
her space more hostel than office, filled with stories and time.
As she prepares to move on, she meets Yip Keung —
a stranger whose presence sparks something gentle.
With his quiet sadness as her guide,
she helps an old poet finish a long-abandoned poem,
one that had waited patiently with only its first line.
*The 23th Buenos Aires International Festival of Independent Cinema
*Far East Film Festival Focus Asia Section 2022
*Far East Film Festival Focus Asia Section 2022
