Hee-chan, a Japanese woman now in her fifties, moved to London from Tokyo when she was eighteen. She makes a phone call to her mother back in Tokyo, reminiscing about Hee-chan’s childhood dream to be a bird.
Festival 2025
Like a Bird
UK, 2023
Pay What You CanShort Form
Directed by
Melissa Frateantonio
Melissa Frateantonio
Running time
4 mins
4 mins
Tickets
10 May 2025, 2:00 PM
ESEA Community Centre
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Director Bio
Melissa is a Japanese-Italian artist-filmmaker from London. Their work explores storytelling through moving image, illustration, and design. Their debut short, ‘Like a Bird’ (2023), delves into the mercurial nature of home and belonging, reflecting on what it means for diasporic individuals to feel rooted yet free.
Programme Information
Screening as part of Here, There, or Somewhere Else.
