THIS DARLING LIFE

I first contemplated doing this project when I was producing pro bono a video for a non-profit animal welfare organization, Animals Asia. I came into contact with many fascinating people and cases. The people are all normal residents who have a big heart. These people revealed to me how they tackle the odds and manage their lives into meaningful and constructive ones. They became my teachers. Hopefully this documentary would transcend into a story about humanity, and that it would teach us how to respect and love life a bit more, not just towards others, but also towards oneself.

Collaboration

The documentary involves interviewees/residents of Hong Kong from multi-cultures. It is produced and directed by Angie Chen, who received her MFA from UCLA, returned home to direct three features in the eighties, and subsequently went into directing television commercials and teaching. Her short film “The Visit”, shot in Germany and finished in the U.S., has won international accolade and is in permanent collection in the Hong Kong Film Archives.

The crew is comprised of professional peers from the industry, graduates and students from the Hong Kong Academy of Performing Arts, The Hong Kong Art School, and Baptist University. They are mostly from Hong Kong and China.

Original music is collaborated by local Hong Kong artists, Ellen Joyce Loo of People Mountain People Sea and veteran musician/composer Wilson Tsang.

Post-Visual Effects are engineered by Yu+co, a US based Motion Graphics House run by two Hong-Kong-born brothers, executed by a Spaniard artist.

The one thing in common amongst them is the PASSION shared. The collaboration of such a team, with young talents and accomplished veterans, has brought about creative interchange among different nationals and generations, accentuating cross-cultural and cross-generational understanding.