Events
Breathing Room (screening and discussion)
27 Nov 2018
19:00–21:00
Li Koon Chun Hall, 3/F Sino Building, Chung Chi College, CUHK
Daphne Wong – Photographer & Filmmaker (Director)Prof Ng Mee Kam (Department of Geography and Resource Management)Mr Cheng Ka Tai (Chairman, Hong Kong Dolphin Conservation Society)
About Director
Born and raised in Hong Kong, Daphne Wong is a wildlife photographer and filmmaker with a passion for everything about nature, especially the small, common and underappreciated species. Daphne strives to tell a story in new angles of a species, an environment, the relationship between the species and its habitat, and humans within the context of nature. Another film directed by Daphne, Let it Bee: Keeper of British Black Bees, was also shortlisted for the Young Talents Category of Innsbruck Nature Film Festival.
Website: http://www.daphnewong.org/films/
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/daphnewongphoto/
Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/daphnewongphoto/
https://goo.gl/Ao9F12 (CUHK members)
https://goo.gl/4yyfKQ (Non-CUHK members)
3943 8718
Language :
Documentary: Cantonese with English subtitles
Sharing session: Cantonese only
Guest speakers:
Daphne Wong – Photographer & Filmmaker (Director)
Prof Ng Mee Kam (Department of Geography and Resource Management)
Mr Cheng Ka Tai (Chairman, Hong Kong Dolphin Conservation Society)
Co-organizers :
The Power of Words, CUHK; Office of University General Education; Hong Kong Dolphin Conservation Society
Breathing Room, is a half-hour documentary about the declining Chinese White Dolphins in Hong Kong. The film brings to light the research and conservation work that is being done to save them, and discusses the implications of habitat loss due to continuous coastal developments for these iconic pink dolphins.
The film was shortlisted for the Young Talents Category of Innsbruck Nature Film Festival
Trailer: https://vimeo.com/250231923
